SpaceX Launches Private Space Crew Into Polar Orbit

fram2 crew

The Fram2 crew will become the first people to view the planet’s polar regions from orbit as they fly 273 mi. above Earth and inclined 90 deg.

Credit: SpaceX
CAPE CANAVERAL—SpaceX launched its third free-flying space charter on March 31, sending a quartet of adventurers into polar orbit, a first for a human spaceflight. Strapped into the Dragon spacecraft was cryptocurrency entrepreneur Chun Wang, a Chinese-born citizen of Malta. He organized and...
Irene Klotz

Irene Klotz is Senior Space Editor for Aviation Week, based in Cape Canaveral. Before joining Aviation Week in 2017, Irene spent 25 years as a wire service reporter covering human and robotic spaceflight, commercial space, astronomy, science and technology for Reuters and United Press International.

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