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1. SpaceX's 5-day-long Polaris Dawn expedition returned to Earth on Sept 15 with its 4 astronaut crew having undertaken world's first private spacewalk, AP reported. The crew, comprising tech billionaire Jared Isaacman, who served as Mission Commander; Mission Specialist and Medical Officer Anna Menon; Mission Specialist Sarah Gillis; and Mission pilot Scott Poteet, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico today after their historic mission. Menon & Gillis are both SpaceX engineers, while Poteet is a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot.
   

The AP report added that besides the spacewalk feat, the four astronauts also hold the distinction of having travelled higher than anyone has since NASA’s moonwalkers. SpaceX considers the brief exercise a starting point to test spacesuit technology for future, longer missions to Mars, as per the report.
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