American tourists returned to Earth after the first private spacewalk.

The five-day Polaris Dawn mission journey has ended, and the astronauts have returned to Earth. During the journey, the first private spacewalk was conducted. According to the Associated Press, the SpaceX capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Dry Tortugas, Florida. Onboard were billionaire Jared Isaacman, SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis, retired USAF Lt. Col. pilot Scott (Kidd) Poteet, and SpaceX medical officer Anna Menon.

Commander @rookisaacman has egressed Dragon and is going through the first of three suit mobility tests that will test overall hand body control, vertical movement with Skywalker, and foot restraint pic.twitter.com/XATJQhLuIZ

— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 12, 2024

The astronauts conducted the first private spacewalk at an altitude of almost 740 kilometers above Earth. This altitude exceeds the International Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope. The spacecraft reached a maximum altitude of 1408 kilometers after launch on Tuesday.

Let us recall that on September 12, participants of the American reusable spacecraft Crew Dragon, which was launched into orbit with four tourists, went on a spacewalk. Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis entered the space vacuum. The spacewalk lasted about two hours, starting at 06:12 Eastern Time (13:12 Kyiv time) when the spacecraft was at an altitude of over 700 km above Earth.