Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis will perform the same series of actions and, after re-entering Dragon, close the spacecraft's hatch,
All systems are looking good for the Polaris Dawn crew to perform the first spacewalk from Dragon today
Developed with mobility in mind, SpaceX teams incorporated new materials, fabrication processes, and novel joint designs to provide greater flexibility to astronauts in pressurized scenarios while retaining comfort for unpressurized scenarios,
This is another watershed event in the march toward commercialization of space for transportation,
It'll look like we're doing a little bit of a dance,
The first spacewalk from Dragon has begun!"
The risk is greater than zero, that's for sure, and it's certainly higher than anything that has been accomplished on a commercial basis,
There's obviously a ton of learning that needs to happen through this first development, [including] how the suit operates and what mobility and dexterity and tactility and all those key suit metrics that we need to look into,
Some of the research that we will do really digs into that radiation environment looking at how medications perform when exposed to that sort of radiation, looking at whether you can develop diagnostic technologies in that environment, such as X-ray images,
The smart engineers over at SpaceX built an EVA suit in less than a year,
The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew Crew-1 to and from the International Space Station, and Inspiration4, the first all-civilian mission to orbit,
Our collective interest in space should neither be too big to fail nor too costly to succeed. It should be an enduring effort to unlock the mysteries of the universe and in the process, make life better here on Earth. As we embark on our journey today, know that we wish all of you Godspeed as we explore together."
This Dragon mission will take advantage of Falcon 9 and Dragon's maximum performance, flying higher than any Dragon mission to date and endeavoring to reach the highest Earth orbit ever flown,
We wouldn't be on this journey without all 14,000 of you back home and everyone else cheering us on,
At approximately 700 kilometers above the Earth, the crew will attempt the first-ever commercial extravehicular activity (EVA) with SpaceX-designed extravehicular activity (EVA) spacesuits, upgraded from the current intravehicular (IVA) suit."