SpaceX announces first human spaceflight over polar regions

By Astri Edvardsen, High North News - August 14, 2024
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Jannicke Mikkelsen from Svalbard, Norway, (second from the left) will participate in a historic polar orbit mission together with Eric Philips (Australia), Chun Wang (China/Malta), and Rabea Rogge (Germany). (Photo: SpaceX)

Fram2 will be the first spaceflight in which humans will fly over and explore the polar regions, says SpaceX. The crew, which includes Norwegian Jannicke Mikkelsen from Svalbard, will study unusual light emissions resembling auroras.

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