The SpaceX rocket and spacecraft technology company will attempt to launch 27 satellites into orbit Tuesday. SpaceX announced in a press release that it will launch one of its Falcon 9 reusable, two-stage rockets at 5:06 p.

Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 crew of private astronauts got a two-for-one deal this week when they watched a SpaceX rocket lift off just hours before their own launch into space.

SpaceX is set to launch a private mission that would send humans on the first polar orbit of the Earth. The four private soon-to-be space travelers climbed aboard the Crew Dragon Resilience on

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board.

Fram2 will send four people from four different nations to low Earth orbit for three to five days. Those crewmembers — all of them spaceflight rookies — are mission commander Chun Wang of Malta, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, pilot Rabea Rogge of Germany, and Australian Eric Phillips, Fram2's medical officer and mission specialist.

A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday night from Florida.