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=== By SpaceX === American company [[SpaceX]] conducted the first private sector-financed EVA on September 12, 2024. Entrepreneur [[Jared Isaacman]] and SpaceX engineer [[Sarah Gillis]] briefly ventured outside a [[SpaceX Dragon|Dragon]] capsule, for a stand-up EVA (SEVA) during the [[Polaris Dawn]] mission to conduct [[Space suit|spacesuit]] mobility testing. <ref>{{Cite news |last=Patel-Carstairs |first=Sunita |date=12 September 2024 |title=SpaceX Polaris Dawn: Billionaire Jared Isaacman becomes first person to take part in private spacewalk |url=https://news.sky.com/story/spacex-polaris-dawn-billionaire-jared-isaacman-becomes-first-person-to-take-part-in-private-spacewalk-13213265 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240912121617/https://news.sky.com/story/spacex-polaris-dawn-billionaire-jared-isaacman-becomes-first-person-to-take-part-in-private-spacewalk-13213265 |archive-date=12 September 2024 |access-date=12 September 2024 |work=[[Sky News]]}}</ref> The other two crew members were exposed to the vacuum of space in the capsule, but did not leave it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.space.com/spacex-polaris-dawn-first-private-spacewalk|title=SpaceX Polaris Dawn astronauts perform historic 1st private spacewalk in orbit (video)|publisher=space.com|date=12 September 2024|access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref> SpaceX plans to launch at least two more missions involving an EVA,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/polaris-dawn-spacex-what-comes-next-commercial-space-85258s8rv |newspaper=[[The Times]] |date=September 12, 2024 |first=Jacqui |last=Goddard |title=SpaceX's success redefines the commercial space frontier, but what's next? |access-date=September 12, 2024}}</ref> including one that involves SpaceX's still-in-development [[SpaceX Starship|Starship]] launch vehicle.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/12/spacex-polaris-dawn-spacewalk-astronauts/ |first=Christian |last=Davenport |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=September 12, 2024 |title=SpaceX Polaris astronauts complete first spacewalk by private citizens |access-date=September 12, 2024}}</ref>
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