Because what youre seeing on your screen kristen, can you just explain why this is different from how nasa does it . Because when Nasa Conduct spacewalks, there are still astronauts inside who are in a pressurized environment, no. Yes. These are similar suits, but their new suits, i mean, these are just new Generation Ev Right . So nasa has been using these spacesuits, the same Space Suits that were used during the shuttle program. And now up at the international Space Station for about 40 years now, right so spacex said, we want to make new Space Suits that are cheaper to produce, faster, to produce. And so this is the first test of them, just Meat Terms of everyone involved in the mission being exposed to the vacuum. I same time. Yes. So whats different about that is the entire spacecraft is opening up. So even if youre not venturing out of the spacecraft, only two of the four Crew Members are actually going to go outside because the whole spacecraft is opening up, even the two Crew
Grateful to have you on the show really have loved your work for many years. Appreciate your time. Thanks to All Of You for joining us. Dont go anywhere. Were going to continue this live coverage of exactly what youre seeing. Im kasie hunt, cnn new central starts right now Breaking News and we all our following Breaking News of the historic kind, history in space happening right now. The Spacex Polaris Dawn crew open the hatch minutes ago for an historic spacewalk, going to show this is moments ago as they open the hatch, the commander, jared Isaac Men heading outside, why it is historic, he is its not i. T. Professional astronaut. The first Civilian Spacewalker in the history of the history of space, those bring in Cnns Kristin Fisher for much more on this. Kristen, this is so cool talk to us about what history this is. Thats being made yes. So we just saw the missions commander, Jared Isaac min, test Down Spacex is brandnew spacesuits in the vacuum of space for the very first time. A
Debate in philidelphia. But lets start this hour, by going to westminster on A Busy Day of politics the result of the latest ballot in the conservative Leadership Race about to be announced. Let s go back to Vicki Young, our deputy political editor. Five candidates become four, Mel Stride being the lowest in terms of those ballots cast. Lets speak to our deputy political editor, Vicki Young whos inside parliament in central lobby for us. Tell us more. We didnt hear the results, tell us more. We didnt hear the results, unfortunately. L the results, unfortunately. Luckily, i have a colleague who is. We have the latest ballot whittling the numbers down from five to four. The result this time around was robertjenrick with 33. He was top last time and remains in that position. Again in the same position of second. James cleverly was 21, which i think is the same that he was last time around, Tom Tugendhat with 21, and as you say, that means that Mel Stride is eliminated, what this means now
Donald trump set to campaign in wisconsin where recent polling shows a tight race two months from today. This after a new York City judge agreed to postpone his sentencing and Hush Money Criminal Trial until after election day. Here we go. Allysia Trump Will Face Harris in philadelphia. Senior national Correspondent Richardson live with a preview of todays rally. Wisconsin will see an awful lot of these candidates the next couple months. Donald trump is scheduled to be here in an hour speaking at this airport, a conservative district in a more rural part of the state, trump is trying to turn out voters to counter Democrat Support in milwaukee and madison. Polls are close in the Blue Wall that will likely decide this election. Trump and Vice President harris have been rolling out their economic plan, trump is calling for lower taxes, lower spending and fewer regulations. You wants to boost Energy Production in Government Efficiency. Pollster republicans have the edge on the economy. The