SpaceX's Fram2 mission has successfully shared the 'first views of Earth's polar regions' from its Dragon spacecraft ...
A Long March 2D rocket lifted off at 12:00 a.m. (0400 UTC) April 1 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert. Insulation tiles fell away from the payload fairing as the rocket climbed ...
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 ...