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it home reported on september 12 that musk's space exploration technology company spacex announced today that the two crew members of the us "polaris dawn" space mission began to take turns to go out of the cabin.world's firstcommercial spacewalks performed by non-professional astronauts.

the hatch of spacex's dragon spacecraft opens, exposing four astronauts to the vacuum of space for the first time. jared isaacman, a member of the polaris dawn mission, begins an eva walk.

it home note: "polaris dawn" was originally scheduled to be launched on august 26, but was subsequently postponed several times due to weather and other reasons.

polaris dawn is the first mission in project polaris, an effort funded by billionaire tech entrepreneur jared isaacman, and will carry isaacman, scott kidd-pottit and spacex engineers sarah gillies and anna menon on a five-day trip into earth orbit.

polaris dawn will conduct the first private spacewalk and will fly 435 miles above earth, farther than any manned mission since the apollo era. gillis and menon will also become the women who have traveled the farthest into space.