space Polaris on space flight ends with splash down off Florida the mission provided the first commercial spacewalk and covered more distance than any human space light since Apollo the 5-day space Voyage known as poist Dawn ended safely Sunday as four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Dragon splashed down off the coast of Florida wrapping up a groundbreaking commercial Mission Polaris Dawn crossed several historic landmarks marks for civilian space flight AS Jared isaacman a billionaire entrepreneur and adventurer performed the first space walk by a private citizen followed by SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis it a curated selection of 10 of our best stories in your inbox every weekend the 5-day flight was commissioned by isaacman who made a fortune as the founder of Shift 4 payments and did not involve NASA isaacman has not say how much he paid SpaceX for the flight several rounds of Applause and cheers erupted in the background of a SpaceX LIF stream early Sunday as the crew rapidly approached Earth in the mission's final minutes cameras showed crew members sitting still their arms crossed over their chest as the dragon's parachutes were deployed welcome back to planet Earth one of the hosts of the live broadcast say mark their final return off the Dry Tortugas in the Gulf of Mexico Water scooters were quickly dispatched to approach the capsule along with isaacman and jillis the four-person crew included retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Scott kid poti and SpaceX Mission director Anna melon they lifted off in a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kate canaval fle on Tuesday following delays they flew higher than any other crude Mission since the Apollo Moon missions in 1972 as the crew reached an altitude of more than 870 Mi or more than three times that of the International Space Station they orbited Earth six times at that height before returning to a lower altitude for The Space Walk SpaceX say The Space Walk also represented the first time four astronauts were exposed to the vacuum of space at the same time because the spacecraft does not have an air loock all four crew members done space suits as the cabin was scented the four crew members completed science experiments designed to prepare astronauts for longer flights in the future the experiments included tracking changes to eyesight and ocular health studying how microgravity affects blood flow and monitoring the effects of medications in orbit gillus also brought along a violin which SpaceX called another first in an orbiting spacecraft and played the theme music from a Star Wars movie a moment depicted in a video SpaceX produced the mission's main focus was testing spacex's Sleek new space suit which is designed to protect astronauts from radiation and extreme temperatures while keeping them safe in the vacuum of space the splash Down cast a slew of recent winds for SpaceX which has fied NASA astronauts back and forth from the International Space Station since it first successfully completed a crew test flight 4 years ago advertisement in a setback for Boeing NASA has decided it will use spacex's Dragon spacecraft for the February return flight of astronauts Zito Williams and Barry Wilmore who arrived at the International Space Station on boing troubled Starliner spacecraft in June but were stuck there after Thruster problems raised doubts about Starliner safety the Polaris on mission was ISAC man's second flight with SpaceX with two more flights planned for the next flight he has proposed flying to the Hubble Space Telescope and raising its orbit which if successful could extend its life life