As Europe goes back to the drawing board, following a mild setback in its space flight efforts, Elon Musk’s SpaceX decided to do something completely different: Let’s go up and down, not right to left.
Liftoff of Fram2 and the @framonauts! pic.twitter.com/XBL5juCnHQ
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 1, 2025
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On Monday night, SpaceX once again demonstrated the power of American ingenuity and free-market innovation with the successful launch of Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth’s North and South poles. Lifting off at 9:46 p.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule carried four civilians from four nations into low-Earth orbit for a historic five-day journey. This mission, a testament to the pioneering spirit of…
