US Edition4 astronauts to be the first to orbit the poles on a privately funded SpaceX mission
- A privately funded SpaceX mission, named Fram2, will launch on Monday to orbit the poles, making it the first crewed mission to do so as well as to cultivate mushrooms in space.
- The international crew includes Chun Wang, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Rabea Rogges, and Eric Philips, marking diverse global representation among astronauts.
- The mission involves 22 studies, including radiation measurement inside the spacecraft and an attempt to grow oyster mushrooms, which are described as 'the perfect space crop' by Dr. Flávia Fayet-Moore.
- Liftoff is scheduled from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, with a launch window opening at 9:46 p.m. ET on Monday.
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Australian explorer Eric Philips set to make history orbiting earth pole to pole
An Australian explorer is on his way into space for a unique mission. 62 year old Eric Phillips is aboard a SpaceX rocket that launched from Florida just hours ago. The privately funded mission will feature a range of experiments including growing mushrooms in microgravity.
4 astronauts to be the first to orbit the poles on a privately funded SpaceX mission
In a mission funded and commanded by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Chun Wang, SpaceX said it plans a launch as early as Monday evening, marking the first crewed mission to polar orbit and the first to cultivate mushrooms as a crop in space.The three-to-five-day flight is to be lofted into space by a Falcon 9 booster. The mission is named after the Fram, a steam-and-sail powered ship used by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen during his historic 191…
Four Private Astronauts are About to Make a Polar Orbit for the First Time
It’s getting a little harder to be the first humans to achieve something but, if all goes to plan, a team of four private astronauts are expected to head off into a polar orbit around Earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon capsule today (31 March) at 9:46pm ET and take the crew over the North and South Poles of Earth. Financed by Chun Wang, a Malta-based investor, they are planning a series of experiments, including attempting to grow oyster mushrooms i…
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