4 space tourists make rare Southern California splashdown after private flight over poles
The quartet who rocketed from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center returned via the Pacific Ocean — something that hasn’t happened for 50 years.
Fram2 private astronauts return after flying historic polar orbit
It was the first time a SpaceX crew splashed down in the Pacific. SpaceX moved its operations to the West Coast to eliminate the possibility of Dragon debris falling into populated areas.
Historic SpaceX flight over Earth's poles ends with Fram2 mission splashdown in California
Four private spacefarers on a mission known as Fram2 set out to become the first humans to fly in orbit over both Earth's ...
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Fram2 astronauts splash down after historic polar spaceflight
The first astronaut crew to fly directly over Earth's poles splashed down safely on Friday after nearly four days on orbit. Civilian astronauts Chun Wang, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Rabea Rogge, and Eric ...
Space tourists complete first-ever flight around Earth's poles
A wealthy bitcoin entrepreneur and three fellow adventurers plunged back to Earth aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Friday, ...
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First German woman in space returns to Earth
Rabea Rogge, a 29-year-old robotics researcher from Berlin who became the first German woman in space, returned to Earth. Rogge joined three other travelers on a four-day journey in spacein their ...
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SpaceX Fram2 mission splashdown in the Pacific
SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts returned to Earth with a splashdown off California's coast after spending nearly four days flying in a polar orbit to explore the Earth’s polar regions for the first time.