Polaris Dawn made history earlier today September 12th by conducting the first ever commercial spacewalk the mission Commander billionaire Jared ISAC Man became the first astronaut to exit the crew Dragon resilience spacecraft at 6:48 a.m. eastern daylight time followed by Sarah Gillis at 7:04 a.m. eastern daylight time this marked the start of a spacewalk that lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes from 6:12 a.m. eastern daylight time to 758 a.m. eastern daylight time the spacewalk was carried out at an altitude of 458 MI above Earth the Dragon capsule is about two times farther away from Earth than the International Space Station when the astronauts conducted the spacewalk note that this is the farthest distance any human has ever traveled after the Apollo crude mission in 1972 during today's spacewalk Isaac man and Gillis performed a series of Mobility checks in their new SpaceX designed Eva suits which are lightweight and flexible yet offer robust protection as they stood outside the spacecraft SpaceX captured stunning live views of the astronauts against the backdrop of Earth this spacewalk was not only