Those south of Cape Canaveral, be sure to look up. SpaceX is launching the Fram2 crew into polar orbit, and it will fly straight south.

In contrast, the Fram2 mission's 90-degree inclination means it will pass directly over both the North and South Poles. This ...

A privately funded crew will launch on a SpaceX rocket next week on a mission to orbit Earth's poles - something that has ...

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The Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight around Earth’s polar regions, as the commander shares with Spectrum ...

Fram2, the third private spaceflight purchased from SpaceX, is scheduled to launch no earlier than March 31st from Kennedy ...

International crew of civilian astronauts will fly the first human spaceflight mission over the Earth’s poles as soon as ...

"This mission, the Fram2 mission, is going to be the first all-civilian free-flyer mission to orbit the poles of Earth, which makes it very unique," Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta said. He is the vice chair of ...

Fram means “forward” in Norwegian and the mission is named after the original Fram ship that first reached the Earth’s polar regions in the 1800s. According to the Fram2 mission website ...

THE NAME FOR EM TWO COMES FROM AN EXPEDITION DATING BACK TO 1893. A NORWEGIAN SHIP, FRAM, WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR EXPLORING THE ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC. THE CREW WILL EVEN CARRY A PIECE FROM THAT ...

This mission will be exceptional, as for the first time in history, humans will view both poles of Earth from orbit. Four ...

Named after the Norwegian ship Fram that explored the Arctic and Antarctic in the late 19th century, Fram2 aims to carry on the legacy of polar exploration into the space age. The mission’s four ...