Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman became the first civilian to start a spacewalk early Thursday — after already traveling the farthest from Earth a human being has gone since the Apollo moon missions.
Footage of the daring stunt showed Isaacman, 41, popping out of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on a tether as he came face to face with the dark vacuum of space just before 7 a.m.
“Back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world,” Isaacman said soon after emerging from the spacecraft with the planet glittering below him.
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