SpaceX to launch mission to earth's poles
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SpaceX just launched the first-ever human spaceflight to circle Earth over its poles.
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Chun Wang, a Chinese-born entrepreneur, hurtled into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
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Joining Wang on the flight will be vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, pilot Rabea Rogge of Germany, and Australian Eric Phillips, Fram2's medical officer and mission specialist.
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SpaceX's Starship megarocket, the world's most powerful rocket, is officially on NASA's list for future launches.
A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South poles.
The four-person crew, led by cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, will spend three to five days on a rare flight path around Earth’s poles.
NASA astronaut Nick Hague was first to step out of the Dragon capsule, flashing a smile and a thumbs-up. He was followed by Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, back from his first spaceflight, and NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore.