Weekly - SpaceX completes first-ever civilian spacewalk and more
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SpaceX completes first-ever civilian spacewalk
Last week, SpaceX conducted the launch of its much-awaited Polaris Dawn mission that successfully performed the first civilian spacewalk in history. The 4 member all-civilian crew were put into orbit on a crew-dragon spacecraft for 5 days, and the spacewalk was conducted on the 3rd day. A spacewalk is an activity performed by astronauts outside their spacecraft, and until now, it has only been done by professionals. Only 2 members performed the spacewalk, one at a time, the other 2 remained in the craft. All 4 landed safely back on Earth.
19 people are in space now. New record!
Last week, 3 new astronauts docked at the International Space Station onboard a Russian Soyuz capsule. This may seem trivial, but it now means that there are 19 humans orbiting in space currently (including the ISS and Tiangong space station) This beats the previous record of 17 people.
