SpaceX Crew Returns to Earth after First Private Spacewalks — VOA Learning English
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The four-member crew of a private space flight has returned to Earth after a trip that included the first-ever spacewalks by non-professional astronauts.
American business leader Jared Isaacman organized and paid for the five-day mission, called Polaris Dawn. The American company SpaceX was a partner in the operation. It built both the Crew Dragon capsule and the Falcon 9 rocket that carried it to space.
The capsule dropped into the Gulf of Mexico near Florida early Sunday as planned.
The mission is historic for two reasons. First, Crew Dragon reached a top altitude of more than 1,400 kilometers. That was the highest level any crewed mission has reached since the American space agency NASA’s…
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