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Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.
The Fram2 mission will fly astronauts over the North and South poles – a unique trajectory that Houston researchers will use to study space radiation.
The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board.
SpaceX’s Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to Earth’s polar regions. The four-member crew will conduct 22 research experiments, including the first X-ray in space and studies on human health in microgravity.
Fram2, a first-of-its-kind private mission to send four astronauts into polar orbit around Earth, is about to launch
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SpaceX launched the Fram2 with four people aboard over the Earths’ poles on Monday night, marking the first time humans have ever flown such a mission.
Elon Musk's SpaceX on Monday launched a crew of four private astronauts led by a crypto entrepreneur on a mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole, a novel trajectory in which no humans have traveled before.
SpaceX is about to launch its first private human spaceflight mission in nearly seven months. The mission, set to lift off on Monday evening, will use a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft to send four civilians into a polar orbit, in what will be a first for a human spaceflight mission.