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Title: Fram2 Crew Returns To Earth After Polar Orbit Mission

Link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2...

SpaceX's Fram2 mission returned safely after becoming the first crewed
spaceflight to orbit directly over Earth's poles. From a report: Led by
cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, who is the financier of this mission,
the Fram2 crew has been free-flying through orbit since Monday. The group
splashed down at 9:19 a.m. PT, or 12:19 p.m. ET, off the coast of California -
- the first West Coast landing in SpaceX's five-year history of human
spaceflight missions. The company livestreamed the splashdown and recovery of
the capsule on its website. During the journey, the Fram2 crew members were
slated to carry out various research projects, including capturing images of
auroras from space and documenting their experiences with motion sickness.
[...] This trip is privately funded, and such missions allow for SpaceX's
customers to spend their time in space as they see fit. For Fram2, the crew
traveled to orbit prepared to carry out 22 research and science experiments,
some of which were designed and overseen by SpaceX. Most of the research
involves evaluating crew health.

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