CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday ...

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

With the successful launch of SpaceX’s Fram2 mission on Monday night, an all-civilian crew is attempting to do what ...

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

SpaceX launched the Fram2 private mission to space, four humans to become the first to orbit our planet from pole to pole.

SpaceX has successfully launched its first-ever human spaceflight to explore the Earth’s polar regions. The new mission comes ...

The planets offer exciting views in April for both night owls and early risers. Plus, the Lyrid meteor shower peaks in ...

The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier ...

This mission will be exceptional because, for the first time in history, humans will observe both poles of Earth from orbit.

In contrast, the Fram2 mission's 90-degree inclination means it will pass directly over both the North and South Poles. This ...

Polar orbits are favoured for their ability to map the entire Earth's surface over time, making them critical for weather ...

An international team, including University of Geneva researchers, discovered a super-Earth named TOI-512 b orbiting a star ...