SpaceX Plans First Manned Polar Flight Mission
Publication Time:2024-08-13 10:02:06
American space exploration technology company SpaceX has announced that it will execute the first human polar orbit flight mission around Earth before the end of this year. This private space flight mission will be led by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Chun Wang, who is also a co-founder of F2Pool. Additionally, three other members have joined: a polar explorer, a robotics expert, and a film producer. They will travel aboard SpaceX's 'Endurance' Dragon spacecraft, launching from a launch site in Florida, passing through the polar corridor, and directly flying over the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Notably, the 'Fram2' mission will not dock with the International Space Station but will instead orbit the Earth independently. To achieve optimal lighting conditions, the three to five-day mission is scheduled to fly over Antarctica around the time of the Southern Hemisphere's summer solstice, with a dome cabin set up inside the spacecraft for photography. This is SpaceX's third manned Dragon spacecraft free flight mission following the 'Inspiration4' mission in 2021 and the upcoming 'Polaris Dawn' mission later this month.
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