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Polaris Dawn crew gears up for first commercial, non-government spacewalk

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Billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX crew trainer Sarah Gillis plan to open the forward hatch of their spacecraft early Thursday .

They plan to take turns floating outside in the first non-government spacewalk in the history of space exploration.

The exercise is to eventually perfect low-cost, easy-to-manufacture spacesuits for future commercial astronauts flying to the moon or Mars .

The Polaris Dawn mission is the first of three planned by Isaacman in cooperation with Musk .

The mission is expected to last five days , ending with splashdown off the coast of Florida .

It's not known how much Isaacman is paying for the flights or how much SpaceX funded on its own.

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