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SpaceX has successfully launched the Fram2 private crewed mission on March 31 at 9:46 PM Eastern time on top of a Falcon 9 rocket. Fram2 is the first human spaceflight to explore the Earth's polar ...
The crew is riding aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon Resilience in a polar orbit around the planet, on a trajectory that flies Resilience above some of Earth's most remote regions. Liftoff of the Fram2 ...
Elon Musk's SpaceX has reached a historic milestone with the Fram2 mission, as astronauts captured the first-ever video of Earth's polar regions from space. For the first time, the astronauts orbited ...
Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...
Named after a Norwegian ship that explored the Arctic and Antarctic regions at the turn of the 20th century, Fram2 will ...
They’re seeing what no human has seen before. The first civilian astronauts to orbit Earth’s polar region revealed the breathtaking view of the gleaming “pure white” tundra in the first ...
The crew of the upcoming Fram2 spaceflight, aiming to be the first human mission to orbit Earth's polar regions, are counting down toward this mysterious launch at Kennedy Space Center. Currently set ...
Rutgers' research reveals the widespread presence of mercury pollution in Earth’s polar regions. In 1962, environmentalist ...
All four are explorers of extreme places on Earth, such as the polar regions. Here are some interesting things we know about this mission, which still remains shrouded in mystery. Need a break?
A view of Earth's polar regions from the Dragon spacecraft. SpaceX A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday night, sending four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey around Earth’s poles.
CALIFORNIA — The four-person civilian Fram2 mission returned home in a splash down off the coast of California on Friday after being the first humans to orbit Earth's polar regions. Riding in ...
During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.