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

SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts are sharing incredible views from the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth's poles, as their mission nears a conclusion.

Fram2, a first-of-its-kind private mission to send four astronauts into polar orbit around Earth, is about to launch

The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed headlines for its flight path

A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North and South poles.

SpaceX made history on April 1 with its private Fram2 mission. For the first time ever, a crew orbited the Earth’s poles. Until that point, no humans had ever flown above the poles in a spacecraft. The Fram2 crew – Chun Wang,