The mission, Polaris Dawn, is poised to involve the first extravehicular activity (EVA) tasks to be performed by private astronauts, which means SpaceX needed to build its own spacesuit capable of ...

Polaris Program’s Polaris Dawn mission is a first-of-its ... While in orbit, the crew conducted the first-ever commercial spacewalk with SpaceX-designed extravehicular (EVA) spacesuits.

so developing this suit and performing the EVA are crucial steps toward a scalable design for future long-term missions. The Polaris Dawn crew will also be the first to test Starlink's laser ...