By Zachary Stieber Astronauts on Sept. 12 performed the first private spacewalk in history, exiting SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule as it orbited hundreds of miles above Earth. Billionaire Jared Isaacman, 41, at about 6:52 a.m. Eastern Time exited the depressurized capsule during the Polaris Dawn mission, which launched from Florida on Tuesday. The walk was […]
Tag: Space Exploration
Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space. While the study of space is carried out mainly by astronomers with telescopes, its physical exploration though is conducted both by unmanned robotic space probes and human spaceflight.
