First-ever commercial spacewalk concludes as Polaris Dawn safely returns to Earth

The Manila Times

First-ever commercial spacewalk concludes as Polaris Dawn safely returns to Earth  Early Sunday, September 15, morning, SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission ended with a pre-dawn splashdown near Dry Tortugas, off the coast of Florida.  The mission, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman, concluded after a five-day journey that marked several significant milestones in private space exploration.  In addition to the spacewalk, the crew conducted almost 40 scientific experiments, studying the effects of microgravity on the human body and testing advanced medical technologies. Communication tests using SpaceX's Starlink satellites were also a key part of the mission, with data streamed back to Earth during orbit  SPACEX VIDEO  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net    Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion    Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Sign up to our newsletters: https://tmt.ph/newsletters   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein   #themanilatimes #worldnews #spacex  #polarisdawn

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00:00Stationed out in the water.

00:04That is a sight to see for the people that are watching this live.

00:08Copy, we're breaking.

00:11Should see those chutes deploy here shortly.

00:17And you can see.

00:22There we can see that the drogue chutes have successfully deployed.

00:35This is such a great thermal shot of the Dragon capsule.

00:39You can see it turning a little bit with the drogue parachutes.

00:43And there are the four main chutes now deployed.

00:48They'll slowly open up to their full deployment here in just a few seconds.

01:04Incredible views of the Polaris Dawn crew returning to Earth after five days in Earth's

01:10orbit.

01:12The crowd here at Mission.

01:17Standing by for a splashdown of the Polaris Dawn crew.

01:25And there you can see.

01:34As you can see on your screen and by the cheers behind us, the Polaris Dawn crew has successfully

01:40splashed down.

01:43Welcome back to planet Earth, Polaris Dawn.

01:48Because you can actually see the basin where the main parachutes were located.

01:51That's where the the oh, here's a thermal view now.

01:56But yeah, that lower, larger basin is where the main parachutes were located.

02:08A Dragon capsule definitely looks toasty having come back through the Earth's atmosphere.

02:13A little bit toasty there.

02:15It was a little hot coming back.

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