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Fittingly, the mission is named after a Norwegian ship that sailed on expeditions to the North and South Poles in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
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The unusual trajectory was chosen to honor the group’s interest in polar exploration.
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SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles
The private Fram2 mission lifted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida today (March 31) at 9:46 p.m. EDT (0146 GMT on April 1), sending the Crew Dragon capsule "Resilience" into a polar orbit with a quartet of spaceflight rookies aboard.
Houston researchers will study Fram2 astronauts’ radiation exposure
The Fram2 mission will fly astronauts over the North and South poles – a unique trajectory that Houston researchers will use to study space radiation.
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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.
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SpaceX launches first-ever crewed mission to orbit North and South poles: ‘Enjoy the views’
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.
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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.
Fram2 astronauts share first-ever view of Earth’s polar regions from space, Elon Musk reacts
For Fram2, Elon Musk’s SpaceX is using the Dragon spacecraft, which has been extensively deployed in human space missions.
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