The four crew members of the private Fram2 mission returned to Earth on Friday after spending more than 3 1/2 days circling the planet on the first human spaceflight on a polar orbit. The SpaceX Crew ...

SpaceX's Fram2 mission successfully completed the first crewed flight directly over Earth's poles, with an all-civilian crew of four splashing down safely after nearly four days in orbit. The mission ...

BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS THE SPLASHDOWN OF THE FRAM TWO MISSION. NOW THE HATCH HAS JUST BEEN OPENED. THE FOUR CIVILIAN CREW WILL BE CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAPSULE INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. YOU ...

Researchers present strong evidence for a planet circling two brown dwarfs on a near polar path. The orbit is tilted almost ...

On Monday, SpaceX made space history, as four astronauts were launched into a pole-to-pole orbit not traveled by any human before them. But why is this orbit so unusual, and why has nobody done it ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear. But given that the four-member Fram2 crew is not only ...

The Crew Dragon spacecraft Resilience splashes down in the Pacific Ocean April 4 to conclude the Fram2 private astronaut mission. Credit: SpaceX WASHINGTON — A Crew Dragon spacecraft splashed down off ...

A Falcon 9 rocket lifted off on Monday night, sending four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey around Earth’s poles. The mission is traveling where no crew has gone before, and SpaceX just ...

With the successful launch of SpaceX's Fram2 mission on Monday night, an all-civilian crew is attempting to do what professional astronauts have never tried -- orbit the Earth from pole to pole.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Fram2 crew selected a plush polar bear with an emperor penguin art embroidered on its chest ...