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SpaceX lost contact with ground control for at least an hour during space walk run by billionaire Jared Isaacman

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Jared Isaacman's Polaris Dawn mission lost contact with ground control for at least an hour .

The fault was not from the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule used for the mission, but from the ground.

A power outage hit a SpaceX facility in California , preventing ground control from commanding the craft.

Isaacman and the other three astronauts remained safe during this outage.