The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed ...

So putting Fram2 into polar orbit may have more to do with planning a distinctive mission — rather than one ideally suited ...

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above. For the first time ...

The first four humans to orbit over Earth's north and south poles have safely returned to Earth.

The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with ...

After adjusting to microgravity—and getting through a few bouts of vomiting—the astronauts got to work in polar orbit.

SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is set for liftoff on Monday at 9:46 p.m. ET, launching from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.

The Fram2 crew are the first humans ever to orbit Earth’s polar regions from space as they conduct various experiments, like ...

SpaceX chalked up another human spaceflight Monday night, taking four civilians on a trip around the Earth that has never ...

The Fram2 mission is named after the Fram ship that was the first to reach Earth’s polar regions in the late 1800s and early ...

Their core objective was to fly a 90-degree polar orbit, comfortably the highest inclination ever reached by a crewed ...