Upcoming Private SpaceX Mission Will Boldly Go Where No Human Has Orbited Before

Upcoming Private SpaceX Mission Will Boldly Go Where No Human Has Orbited Before

Fram2 is set to launch as early as March 31, sending four first-time astronauts into an orbit never before visited by humans.

SpaceX prepares to launch 4-person crew on first polar orbit mission

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Four space explorers will launch with SpaceX next week on a polar orbital mission that could unlock a new area in space for future spaceflights. The four-person mission, known as Fram2, will launch on a four-day mission to polar orbit on March 31 in a SpaceX Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket. SpaceX is targeting liftoff from Kennedy Space Center in Florida during a three-hour launch window opening at 11:20 p.m. ET.…

USW Scientist First in Wales to Launch Experiment Aboard Spaceflight

The University of South Wales (USW) is set to investigate how the human body responds to the stress of spaceflight with a focus on the differences between men and women. This data will be collected aboard Fram2, the first human spaceflight over the Earth’s polar regions, targeted to launch this week. A milestone for Welsh research, the experiment is led by Damian Bailey, Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellow and Professor of Physiology and Bioch…

The crew is made up of four astronauts, who will do fragment studies on the Earth's atmosphere and other space tests.

Porfirio EscandónThe Fram2 mission of SpaceX, which will take off on March 31 from Cape Canaveral, marks a milestone as the first private manned space mission that will fly over the polar regions of the planet in polar orbit.The Crew Dragon spacecraft will take four civilians trained as astronauts for a scientific mission of 3 to 5 days, where they will observe atmospheric phenomena such as STEVE and carry out medical experiments, including X-ra…

Throughout the mission of 3 to 5 days, the crew plans to observe the polar regions of the Earth.