A billionaire will have to wait a little longer to perform the first private spacewalk after SpaceX delayed Thursday’s spacewalk by a few hours.
Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew began preparing for the endeavor soon after blasting into orbit on Tuesday for a five-day flight. SpaceX announced the postponement an hour ahead of the planned start of the spacewalk.
No explanation was immediately given, but the company said via X “all systems are looking good.”
Isaacman and a SpaceX engineer will take turns emerging from their capsule hundreds of miles above Earth, sticking close to the hatch. Two other crew members will remain strapped in their seats.
Isaacman teamed up with SpaceX for the first commercial spacewalk to test out new spacesuits.
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