When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Fram2 crew selected a plush polar bear with an emperor penguin art embroidered on its chest ...

It looked like a scene from an action movie: lightning flashed in the distance as a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A. "Go for launch," a voice on the SpaceX ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Four private astronauts returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule on Friday after roughly four days orbiting the planet in a novel polar trajectory, walking out of their spacecraft ...

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 ...

SpaceX is sharing the first look at the vast expanse of ice layering Earth's poles after launching the private Fram2 mission, the first human spaceflight to polar orbit. A stunning video taken from ...

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE SPLASHDOWN OF THE FRAM TWO MISSION. NOW THE HATCH HAS JUST BEEN OPENED. THE FOUR CIVILIAN CREW WILL BE CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAPSULE INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. YOU ...

Four amateur astronauts are about to venture where no other crew has gone before, orbiting Earth’s polar region to better understand how humans fare in space. SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is set for liftoff ...

As part of its latest mission selection and development process, NASA has also approved an extended Phase A study of the ...

The first humans to orbit Earth’s polar regions showed off some impressive photos and videos of Earth’s ice caps, x-rays and more during the Fram2 mission. “Hello, Antarctica. Unlike previously ...

For one thing, a polar orbit requires more fuel than an equatorial one. In addition, the Earth's equatorial bulge causes frequent gravitational perturbations that shift the orbit, there's more ...

SpaceX launched the Fram2 mission, carrying four astronauts, into a polar orbit around Earth, a first in human spaceflight history. The Fram2 crew, all experienced explorers of extreme environments on ...