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Wang launched into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night (March 31), leading his four-person Fram2 crew on the world's first astronaut flight over Earth's poles.
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SpaceX is set to launch its latest mission for paying customers — taking a cryptocurrency billionaire and three guests on a dayslong trip that will orbit directly above Earth’s North and South poles ...
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Fram2 will send four people from four different nations to low Earth orbit for three to five days. Those crewmembers — all of them spaceflight rookies — are mission commander Chun Wang of Malta, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, pilot Rabea Rogge of Germany, and Australian Eric Phillips, Fram2's medical officer and mission specialist.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1. The liftoff is targeted for 4:39 p.m. with backup opportunities available until 8:39 p.m. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Wednesday,