That will be at the forefront of the next generation of space exploration. Our Science Correspondent Pallab ghosh has the story. Back at home we all have a lot of work to do but from here, earth sure looks like a perfect world. Historic words for an historic moment. Out comes the first private Sector Astronaut to walk in space. Silhouetted in earths orbIt, billionaire Jared Isaacman paid millions of dollars for this experience. Earlier, he was suIting up, as were the other three crew members. The capsulte has no air lock, so the entire spacecraft is in the vacuum of space once the doors opened. Then, the all important checks to make sure that the spacesuIts dont leak. Theyd been upgraded for the spacewalk, stronger and more flexible. The helmets have a heads up display, so they see how well their bodies are coping. Then the air is taken out of the capsule, so the pressure inside matches whats outside. The hatch opens, and isaacman exIts the spacecraft. Theres not much to do outside apa
Because what youre seeing on your screen kristen, can you just explain why this is different from how nasa does it . Because when Nasa Conduct spacewalks, there are still astronauts inside who are in a pressurized environment, no. Yes. These are similar suits, but their new suits, i mean, these are just new Generation Ev Right . So nasa has been using these spacesuits, the same Space Suits that were used during the shuttle program. And now up at the international Space Station for about 40 years now, right so spacex said, we want to make new Space Suits that are cheaper to produce, faster, to produce. And so this is the first test of them, just Meat Terms of everyone involved in the mission being exposed to the vacuum. I same time. Yes. So whats different about that is the entire spacecraft is opening up. So even if youre not venturing out of the spacecraft, only two of the four Crew Members are actually going to go outside because the whole spacecraft is opening up, even the two Crew
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