A SpaceX spacecraft carrying four astronauts is on a pioneering journey circling Earth over its poles after launching Monday night from Florida.

In contrast, the Fram2 mission's 90-degree inclination means it will pass directly over both the North and South Poles. This path provides comprehensive coverage of Earth's surface, enabling observations of regions and phenomena not accessible to other missions.

No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew mission has gotten to the poles was the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission in 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova's spacecraft reached a latitude of 65.1 degrees.

A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the north and south poles

Elon Musk's SpaceX on Monday launched a crew of four private astronauts led by a crypto entrepreneur on a mission to orbit Earth from pole to pole, a novel trajectory in which no humans have traveled before.

A unique mission called Fram2, paid for and led by a cryptocurrency billionaire who is flying with three guests, is set to lift off to carry the crew into an orbit around the North and South poles. Follow live news updates.

Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.

Fram2, a first-of-its-kind private mission to send four astronauts into polar orbit around Earth, is about to launch

SpaceX plans to launch the Fram2 astronaut mission over Earth's poles tonight (March 31), and you can watch the action live. Fram2's Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule are scheduled to lift off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida tonight at 9:46 p.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who spent nine months in space, spoke to Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer in their first interview since returning to Earth.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore blasted into orbit in June 2024, as part of a test flight of Boeing’s new Starliner crew capsule. They were scheduled to return about eight days later, but problems

Stranded' NASA astronauts, Sunita 'Suni' Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore, have broken their silence for the first time since returning to Earth.

NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore spent nine months at the International Space Station, and they are talking about their long time in orbit after they returned to Earth. Reporter Sarah Alegre has more.

Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams answered questions for the first time since splashing down after a months-long visit to the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke publicly on Monday for the first time since their return to Earth.