SpaceX launched a crew of four private astronauts led by a crypto entrepreneur on a mission to orbit Earth over both North and South Poles, a new trajectory that no human has travelled before. The mission will last three to five days, during which the crew will conduct experiments on how spaceflight affects the human body.

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

Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang and his Fram2 crew of private astronauts got a two-for-one deal this week when they watched a SpaceX rocket lift off just hours before their own launch into space.