Sarah Gillis | |
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| Born | Sarah Levine January 1, 1994[2][3] Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Education | University of Colorado Boulder (BS) |
| Occupation | Senior Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX |
| Space career | |
| SpaceX Commercial Astronaut | |
Time in space | 4 days, 22 hours and 13 minutes |
Total EVAs | 1 |
Total EVA time | 7 minutes, 15 seconds[1] |
| Missions | Polaris Dawn |
Sarah Levine Gillis (born January 1, 1994) is an American engineer employed by SpaceX as the senior space operations engineer. She flew to space in September 2024 on Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission, operated by SpaceX on behalf of Jared Isaacman. During the mission, she completed the first commercial spacewalk with Isaacman, becoming the youngest person to date to participate in a spacewalk, and, along with Anna Menon, set a new record for women traveling farthest from Earth.
- ^ McDowell, Jonathan [@planet4589] (September 12, 2024). "The hatch open/close time was about 26m 40s. Isaacman was outside hatch for 7 min 56m; Gillis for about 7m15s" (Tweet). Retrieved September 12, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space, episode 3. Netflix. September 13, 2021. Quotation begins at 03:25. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
My name is Sarah Gillis, and I'm 27...
- ^ "Private Astronauts Biography: Sarah Gillis". spacefacts.de. Retrieved August 12, 2024.