astronauts on the Polaris Dawn Mission conducted the first space walk on a non-governmental Mission September 12th Jared ISAC man the commander of the crew emerged from the hatch and the nose of the Dragon capsule using a set of handholds and rails called Skywalker he tested the mobility of the SpaceX designed extra vehicular activity Eva suit about 8 minutes later Mission specialist Sarah Gillis emerged from the hatch performing similar suit Mobility tests neither astronauts reported any major issues with the new suits the Eva required modifications to the dragon spaceship to be depressurized and later repressurized crew Dragon spent six orbits at the highest ape before lowering it to about 700 km for the spacewalk the crew has also been conducting research while in orbit which will continue through the remainder of the 5-day mission