CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A daredevil billionaire rocketed back into orbit Tuesday, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk and venture farther than anyone since NASA’s Apollo moonshots. Unlike his previous chartered flight, tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman shared the cost with SpaceX this time around, which included developing and testing brand new spacesuits to see how they’ll hold up in the harsh vacuum. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Read More: The Polaris Dawn Mission Opens a New Chapter in Private Space Flight If all goes as planned, it will be the first time private citizens conduct a spacewalk, but they won’t venture away from the capsule.

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