Earth wow that is returning to Earth is one of the most dangerous steps of any space mission after plummeting through the atmosphere at about 27,000 km hour the crew Dragon capsule deployed its parachutes and splashed down into the Gulf of Mexico as you can see on your screen and by the cheers behind us the Polaris Dawn crew has successfully splashed down it marks the end to a mission that made history not once but twice not since NASA's Moon Walkers half a century ago had humans traveled this High the Polaris Dawn hits a peak altitude of more than 1,400 km above the Earth's surface before lowering it to carry out the first ever private space walk Tech billionaire Jared isaacman became only the 264th person to perform a space walk SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis the 265th it was a chance for the crew to test the company's new space suits which it hopes could enable future missions potentially as far as the moon or even Mars The Day After The Space Walk This video was released welcome over the dragon stcraft I'm Sarah Gillis one of the Polaris da crew members as we travel around our beautiful planet Earth on this 5day Mission we wanted to share this special music moment with you Gillis played music from the film Star Wars the Force awakens on her violin alongside videos of orchestras performing the song in studios and on sound stages around the world back on earth now isaacman Gillis as well as the two other crew members Anna Menan and Scott kid petite appeared in good health and High Spirits NASA called the mission a giant leap forward for the commercial space industry