SpaceX Crew Splashes Down After Historic Commercial Spacewalk

Billionaire Jared Isaacman and the history-making Polaris Dawn crew splashed down in a SpaceX capsule off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, at 3:36 a.m. EDT Sunday, capping a groundbreaking mission that included the world’s first commercial spacewalk.

The Crew Dragon craft built by the Elon Musk-led company hurtled through the atmosphere before gliding into the ocean under four parachutes, according to the SpaceX official account on X, formerly Twitter.

The highlight of the mission occurred on Thursday morning, when Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis exited their Crew Dragon spacecraft through an open hatch while wearing SpaceX’s new ...