A crew of four first-time astronauts are on their way home after spending nearly four days in a unique polar orbit. SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is set to return to Earth on Friday, and the astronauts will make their way out of the spacecraft on their own. The Fram2 crew is scheduled for splashdown on Friday, […]
Motion Sickness Hits Hard as Space Tourists Describe Polar Orbit Adventure
Four space rookies are floating in a SpaceX Dragon vehicle, gazing down at Earth’s polar regions while collecting data from their unique vantage point. The Fram2 mission is off to an exciting start, pulling off some major firsts for human spaceflight. SpaceX’s Fram2 mission launched on Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The […]
SpaceX Shares Stunning Polar Views From Its Historic Fram2 Mission
A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday night, sending four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey around Earth’s poles. The mission is traveling where no crew has gone before, and SpaceX just revealed the first views of the planet’s chilly polar regions from above. SpaceX released a short video taken from the Dragon crew […]