SpaceX a week away from first private spacewalk [Video]

Four members of a SpaceX mission that will carry out the first ever private spacewalk arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of their takeoff next week.

The five-day expedition, named Polaris Dawn, will be led by US billionaire Jared Isaacman, who already chartered the first all-civilian orbital spaceflight in 2021, called Inspiration4.

“It’s been two and a half years since we announced the Polaris program. It’s been a really exciting journey of development and training,” Isaacman told a press conference Monday.

He did not reveal how much he has spent on the program, which includes a total of three missions and which he jointly funds with SpaceX.

For the trip, the company has developed its first generation of space suits, which are white and futuristic.

“This will be epic,” SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on X, which he also owns.

The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to …