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We have images from inside the capsule. The crew are in their suits and Isaacman is floating around.
If you’re watching the video feed, you’ll have heard that the crew is “initiating seat rotation”. (Non space nerd translation: they are moving the furniture so they can move around easily)
Welcome to the blog
Hundreds of kilometres above the earth, two people are preparing right now to exit a space capsule as part of the world’s first commercial spacewalk attempt.
Jared Isaacman, 41, a billionaire who chartered the Polaris Dawn mission, and Sarah Gillis, 30, a senior engineer at SpaceX are currently donning their custom-built spacesuits.
Down on the ground, I’m Oliver Holmes, and I will be taking you through each step of the process.