Polaris Dawn: Billionaire completes first private spacewalk

"From here Earth sure looks like a perfect world," said the first private citizen to perform a spacewalk

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Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis stepped out of the SpaceX spacecraft around 15 minutes apart, starting at 11:52BST, wearing specially-designed suits.

"Back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here Earth sure looks like a perfect world," Isaacman said as he exited the craft.

Before Thursday, only astronauts with government-funded space agencies had done a spacewalk.

Images broadcast live showed the two crew emerge from the white Dragon capsule to float 435 miles (700km) above the blue Earth below.

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