A Bitcoin investor, who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers, blasted off Monday night. View on euronews

German startup Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from the Andøya spaceport on Sunday at 6:30 a.m. ET for its first test flight. The rocket successfully lifted off from its launchpad and spent around 30 seconds in the air before it started falling back down toward the Arctic Ocean, creating a massive fireball over the water.

A crew of four international spacefarers on a private mission will soon seek to become the first humans to travel over Earth's poles.

SpaceX's Starship megarocket, the world's most powerful rocket, is officially on NASA's list for future launches. NASA on Monday (March 31) announced that it has awarded SpaceX a launch services contract for Starship that adds the giant rocket to the private company's roster,

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight mission to fly over the Earth’s polar regions, funded and commanded by cryptocurrency investor Chun Wang.

SpaceX is preparing to launch a first-of-its-kind human spaceflight that will fly over both the North and South Poles. The mission, called