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SpaceX just started the first human space to circle the earth over its poles.
The private Fram2 mission was withdrawn today (March 31) at 9:46 a.m. Edt (0146 GMT on April 1) on a Falcon 9 rocket from the start-up complex-39a in the Kennedy Space Center of the NASA in Florida.
Fram2 is commanded by Chun Wang from Malta, who is accompanied by Norway, Pilot Rabea Rogge from Germany, and the Australian doctor and mission specialist Eric Phillips by the vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen.
The astronauts of SpaceX ‘Fram2 mission over the poles of the earth. From left to right: mission specialist and medical officer Eric Phillips, Pilot Rabea Rogge, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen and mission commander Chun Wang. | Credit: SpaceX
Shortly 2.5 minutes after the upswing, the Booster of the Falcon 9 excluded its nine Merlin engines, carried out the stage separation from the rest of the rocket and carried out a delay to sit on a trajectory to land on SpaceX’s Drroneship in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The second stage of Falcon 9 continued in the Low Earth orbit and left the resistance to fly almost 10 minutes after retreat. Now the crew will spend the next three to five days to circle over the most remote places in the planet in order to see the Poles like no other person.
“Dragon, on behalf of the Falcon team, is an honor for us to get you safely to your Polar orbit,” said Bill Gerstenmaier, Vice President for Build and Flight reliability at SpaceX, the FRAM2 crew shortly after the separation of space.
“Enjoy the view of the Poles,” he added. “Send us a few pictures, and our hearts and thoughts will fly with you while going over the poles. Have a nice flight!”
FRAM2 is named after the Norwegian seafaring ship “Fram” from the late 19th century, which examined the Arctic and Antarctic regions around the turn of the 20th century. (“Fram” is Norwegian for “forward” or “Next.”)
FRAM2 takes part in his ocean predecessor’s exploration spirit. It has a total of 22 experiments that the crew will carry out during the mission, including the first attempt to breed mushrooms in space, and a machine that captures the first X -rays of the human body on the enema. Other experiments examine the effects of microgravity on the human musculoskeletal system during space flight.
The first stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is on the deck of a drone ship shortly after the start of the Fram2 astronaut on the earth on March 31, 2025. | Credit: SpaceX
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A total of the 17th human spatial flight from SpaceX and the sixth for private customers started. Resilience has now flown four of them; The capsule also led Crew-1, SpaceX First Operational Astronaut Mission to NASA, as well as Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn, the company’s first and most recent private crew to the Earth Umplage, to NASA.
FRAM2 started two weeks and three days after the SPACEX mission was down in Crew-10 to the NASA-The shortest time between the starts of SpaceX astronauts.
Fram2 is expected to take between three and five days. It will end with a Pacific Ocean Splashdown – the first for a SpaceX astronaut mission. The other occupation flights of the company have landed off the Florida coast, but SpaceX relocates the return to the west coast to minimize the chances that dragon pieces can violate people or damage property on the way to earth.
One last research experiment takes place during landing, since the crew is dispensed with the typical medical and mobility support, which are normally applied by astronauts that are after space flight to the room while your body comes back on gravity.
