If you don't know, SpaceX pulled off its first private spacewalk.
- Two members of the Polaris Dawn mission's crew — Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis — stepped outside of SpaceX's Dragon capsule, protected from the harsh environment of space by the company's suits.
- Isaacman and Gillis spent about seven minutes each outside the capsule, with a focus on testing the mobility of the spacesuits.
SpaceX pulled off its first spacewalk in the early hours of Thursday morning, in a historic first for a company.
SpaceX launched the mission this past Tuesday. Polaris Dawn reached an orbit of more than 870 miles from Earth — the furthest humans have traveled in space since the Apollo program — and is performing about 40 science and research experiments, as well as raising funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Oh, and Anna Menon is the medical officer onboard. The TCU alum, who graduated from the Fort Worth university in 2008, is the "first Horned Frog in space," the school posted on social media.
Congratulations Anna! To Infinity and Beyond?
