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Richard Arnold: US Correspondent on the first civilian spacewalk from the SpaceX capsule

Published: Sept. 12, 2024, 10:51 p.m.

For the first time ever, civilians have stepped out into space.\xa0

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and company crew trainer Sarah Gillis have achieved the first commercial spacewalk outside their SpaceX capsule while in orbit.\xa0

The pair were testing new spacesuits, designed to be low-cost and easy-to-manufacture for future missions flying to the Moon or Mars.\xa0

US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the mission is likely to have tallied into the hundreds of millions of dollars.\xa0

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