Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman became the first-ever civilian to start a spacewalk early Thursday — after already traveling the farthest from Earth a human being has gone since the Apollo moon missions.
Footage of the daring stunt showed Isaacman, 41, popping out of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on a tether as he came face-to-face with the dark vacuum of space just before 7 a.m.
“Back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world,” Isaacman said soon after emerging from the spacecraft with the planet glittering below him.
After about 15 minutes outside, Isaacman was replaced by SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis to go through the same motions. She was slated to be following by two other crewmembers: engineer Anna Menon and former Air Force Thunderbirds pilot, Scott “Kidd” Poteet.
