First Private Citizen to Complete A Spacewalk, Jared Isaacman, Makes History | EWTN News Nightly

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Jared Isaacman has become the first private citizen in history to complete a spacewalk. Isaacman is part of a four person crew aboard the Space X crew Dragon vehicle which left Earth on Tuesday. Its Polaris Dawn mission is focused on testing Space X's new spacesuits and in total, the space walk lasted 20 minutes in what is being called both "risky" and a "giant leap forward" in space exploration. Director of the Stephen W. Hawking Center for Microgravity Research and professor of Planetary Science at the University of Central Florida, Dr. Philip Metzger, joins to put today's events into context as it relates to space exploration. Dr. Metzger shares why spacewalks are considered so dangerous and how risky today's maneuver was. He explains what role private exploration plays when it comes to advancing this industry and helping public institutions such as NASA. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf