Return of the lost ant 3D

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Starting in the center of a sphere of radius 1, draw a path with the shortest possible length that intersects every plane that is tangent to the sphere.

This question appeared as a generalization of the recently considered problem of the lost ant

Starting in the center of a circle of radius 40 ft, draw a path with the shortest possible length that intersects every line that is tangent to the circle.

to the third dimension.