Earth ‘looks like a perfect world’, billionaire says on first private spacewalk

Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman carried out a number of mobility tests on a new spacesuit and was the first of two crew members to step out into space

Thu, 12 Sep, 2024 - 13:49

Nina Massey, PA Science Correspondent

A billionaire who stepped out on the first private spacewalk declared that “Earth sure looks like a perfect world”, as he emerged from a spacecraft and looked back at the planet.

Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman carried out a number of mobility tests on a new spacesuit and was the first of two crew members to step out into space.