First Commercial Spacewalk Polaris Dawn Performs EVA with SpaceX Dragon 4:30 Am EST

First Commercial Spacewalk - Polaris Dawn Performs EVA with SpaceX Dragon

The EVA webcast begins at 4:55 a.m. ET → spacex.com...


Im up and Ive always thought if we were ever going to let us see a close encounter of the 4th kind it would go gown like this.

Wasnt there an alien meeting in the loading bay of the space shuttle allegedly

Scheduled for Sep 12, 2024
Polaris Dawn Mission Commander Jared Isaacman and Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis will perform a "stand-up" EVA outside Crew Dragon Resilience to test out new designed EVA suits by SpaceX to validate suit mobility designs, including specially designed hand and foot holds that the crew will use to attempt to maneuver.

a reply to: putnam6

Wasnt there an alien meeting in the loading bay of the space shuttle allegedly

Came across this if that helps, but dont hold me to the veracity.

www.wdbo.com...

a reply to: putnam6

Hes just about to open the hatch!

Not sure if they are brave or crazy or both,but good luck to them.

That was creepy as heck with him not moving his left arm. Those suits are not very flattering either, that’s what I want to see is butt cheeks in space.

that’s what I want to see is butt cheeks in space

a reply to: 38181

Moons of Uranus .......??

LOL, that was weird, I thought he was going to be tethered and go out completely instead of just sticking half his body out the hatch.

But I guess everything needs to be checked and yes the flexibility of the suit seemed limited at least in comparison to the NASA suits worn on other spacewalks.

I suppose this shows some of the functionality of the spacecraft and the suit, where if they were stranded we might be able to send an autonomous capsule to the rescue.

but I thought this was technology NASA had already used over and over

originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: putnam6

Wasnt there an alien meeting in the loading bay of the space shuttle allegedly

Came across this if that helps, but dont hold me to the veracity.

www.wdbo.com...

Thats the one...

funny how many former NASA people seemingly go nuts...and make wild unsubstantiated claims.

originally posted by: onestonemonkey
a reply to: putnam6

Hes just about to open the hatch!

Not sure if they are brave or crazy or both,but good luck to them.

Yeah it seemed like the exercise was as much about seeing if they could open the hatch and repressurize as doing space "stick your head out of the hatch"

a reply to: putnam6

Apparently "There's a fine line between genius and insanity." Oscar Levant.

Which may account for the eccentric today nuts tomorrow phenomenon.

a reply to: putnam6

Another first for SpaceX , congratulations Elon and the team.

Lucky man.

a reply to: gortex

I was watching that live last night. Imagine it with a high quality camera. The second astronaut came out on the dark side. it wasn't as stunning.

a reply to: putnam6

SPACE X has already booked a private mission for late this year or early 2025 to be launched into a polar orbit to study
aurora over the poles

Called the FRAM 2 it features 4 non American astronauts

The mission is being paid for by a crypto currency trader Chun Wang, a resident of Malta

The remaining astronauts are Norwegian film maker Jannicke Mikkelsen Australian pilot Eric Philips German robotics expert
Rabea Rogge

en.wikipedia.org...#:~:text=Named%20Fram2%20in%20reference%20and%20succession

The new barnstorming.

originally posted by: 5thHead
The new barnstorming.

Yeah, Biplane rides in 100 year old airplanes are pretty much jaded these days.

originally posted by: 38181

Yeah, Biplane rides in 100 year old airplanes are pretty much jaded these days.

I think that kind of thing is probably illegal now. The nanny state has taken over

Don't worry. The lawyers in this country are working over time to make sure SpaceX is illegal too.

The Dragon has returned , after 5 days in orbit and a history making first commercial spacewalk the Dragon grew slashed down off the coast of Florida early this morning.