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Aurora Scientists Enlist Private Astronauts on Unusual Space Mission
The commercial astronauts onboard SpaceX’s Fram2 mission are flying closer to Earth’s poles than anyone has before, offering ...
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Humans orbit Earth over north, south poles for first time with SpaceX Fram2 mission
SpaceX made history on April 1 with its private Fram2 mission. For the first time ever, a crew orbited the Earth’s poles.
Novel nuclear rocket fuel test could accelerate NASA's Mars mission
A team from the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, joined by university students, recently traveled to The ...
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History made as Berlin researcher becomes first German woman in space
A 29-year-old robotics researcher from Berlin has become the first German woman in space, blasting off on board a SpaceX rocket late on Monday. Rabea Rogge was one of four "international adventurers" ...
Starliner’s flight to the space station was far wilder than most of us thought
As it flew up toward the International Space Station last summer, the Starliner spacecraft lost four thrusters. A NASA ...
SpaceX flight launches 4 space tourists into first-ever polar orbit
The SpaceX passengers, a Chinese bitcoin investor and three explorers, will be on the historic flight for 3 1/2 days.
SpaceX Puts Humans in Orbit Over Earth’s Poles for the First Time
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.
Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles
No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew ...