The Fram2 crew are the first humans ever to orbit Earth’s polar regions from space as they conduct various experiments, like ...

The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed ...

The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with ...

After splashdown, the crew will attempt to exit the vehicle without assistance to assess their physical capabilities.

Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was ...

or polar orbit. This will be a three-to-five-day mission. Helping to launch the Fram2 mission will be SpaceX’s first-stage booster, named B1085. Not only has it launched a crew missioned ...

By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday, after roughly ...

The success of the Fram2 mission underscores the growing role of private enterprises in space exploration. By demonstrating ...

“The ride to orbit was much smoother than I had anticipated ... and iPhones to capture imagery of the polar wilderness below.

The splashdown marked the end of the Fram2 private astronaut mission, which launched ... The crew also took advantage of their unique orbit to view the polar regions. Wang, in one post, almost ...

Before Fram2, a 1963 Soviet mission called Vostok 6 — carrying Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to travel to space — came the closest to a polar orbit, flying at a 65-degree inclination.

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear. But given that the four-member Fram2 crew is ...