SpaceX's Fram2 mission, which launched Monday with a crew of four astronauts, including crypto investor Chun Wang, will ...

On April 1, 1960, the U.S. launched its first weather satellite into orbit. The satellite was named TIROS-1, which is short ...

The SpaceX passengers, a Chinese bitcoin investor and three explorers, will be on the historic flight for 3 1/2 days.

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.

No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew ...

The crew will observe Earth's polar regions 430 kilometers above the surface, allowing the Crew Dragon Resilience to travel ...

Mikkelsen, the first Norwegian bound for space, has flown over the poles before, but at a much lower altitude. She was part ...

Four private astronauts lifted off from Florida on Monday on the Fram2 mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole.

The Historic SpaceX Launch Elon Musk’s SpaceX has made history by launching a crew of four private astronauts on an exciting and groundbreaking mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole. This mission, ...

The latest private space mission has launched four astronauts into a sideways orbit that has never been attempted before with ...

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

Here’s a look at the International Space Station (ISS), a station operated by a partnership of five space agencies from 15 countries. Information on ISS crews and expeditions can be found here.