SpaceX Launches First Crewed Polar Orbit Mission

Post by: Pratik Kumar

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SpaceX is getting ready to send four astronauts on a special space trip that will fly over the North and South Poles. This trip, called “Fram2,” is planned to launch on Monday and will last for a few days. Most space trips go around the middle of the Earth, but this one will take a new path over the poles, showing a different view of our planet.

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The name “Fram2” comes from an old Norwegian ship called “Fram.” This ship was used more than 100 years ago for important trips to the Arctic and Antarctic. Just like those explorers, the astronauts on this mission want to learn new things. They will do many experiments, including taking the first-ever X-ray in space and growing mushrooms in a place with no gravity. Scientists hope these tests will help people prepare for long trips to faraway planets like Mars.

The astronauts will leave Earth from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They will travel in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, which will be carried into space by a Falcon 9 rocket. The launch is set for 9:46 PM (Eastern Time), or 1:46 AM GMT on Tuesday.

The leader of the mission, Chun Wang, said, “Like the early explorers, we want to bring back new knowledge to help space travel in the future.”

Wang is from Malta and is an adventurer. He also helped start two big cryptocurrency companies, f2pool and skatefish. He chose three other astronauts to join him. Jannicke Mikkelsen from Norway will be the commander of the spacecraft. She is a movie director who has worked in dangerous places. Rabea Rogge from Germany will be the pilot and is a researcher in robotics. The fourth astronaut is Eric Philps from Australia, who is an explorer and also the team’s medical officer.

Before this big trip, the astronauts spent eight months training. They even went on a trip to Alaska, where they lived in small spaces under tough conditions. This helped them get ready for the challenges of space travel.

One special test they will do after coming back to Earth is trying to get out of their spacecraft without any outside help. Scientists want to see if astronauts can take care of themselves after spending time in space. This could help in future missions.

Most astronauts have never flown directly over the North and South Poles. Even when astronauts went to the Moon during the Apollo missions, they did not take this route. Normally, space missions stay in areas that do not go over the poles.

SpaceX has already sent private astronauts to space five times. Three of those missions were in partnership with Axiom Space, and they sent astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). The other two missions stayed in space without stopping at the ISS.

The first private trip, called Inspiration4, happened in 2021. The second, called Polaris Dawn, was special because it had the first-ever spacewalk by private astronauts. Both trips were planned and paid for by billionaire Jared Isaacman. He works closely with SpaceX, and recently, former U.S. President Donald Trump chose him as the next leader of NASA.

With this new mission, Fram2, SpaceX is testing new ways to explore space. They will learn how to travel in different paths, do new experiments, and understand how astronauts adjust to space. This could help humans travel even farther in the future.

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