Four private astronauts launch on first human mission to fly over the poles

The recent space mission, funded by billionaire Chun Wang, marked a significant first as the first human crew in polar orbit onboard a SpaceX capsule. Launching from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the Falcon 9 booster took an unusual trajectory aligning the crew's flight path to pass directly over the North and South Poles. The venture, named Fram2 after the Norwegian polar exploration ship, represents a bold departure from traditional low-Earth orbit missions. Chun's aim was to venture into unexplored territory rather than following the established route to the International Space Station.

I call it the last frontier of unexplored territory in low-Earth orbit.

Chun didn't want to pay for a mission to repeat the well-trodden path to the International Space Station, or fly in a higher-altitude orbit.

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