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Later this year, four private space tourists are slated to become the first humans ever to fly over Earth's poles — and the man footing the bill is a fairly recent Bitcoin billionaire., the SpaceX has announced the maiden voyage of its Fram2 mission, which is being funded by crypto entrepreneur Chun Wang and could be launched by the end of this year.that sailed the Arctic region between 1893 and 1912, the mission will be the first crewed flight to ever launch into a polar orbit.
Their combined expertise uniquely positions the Fram2 crew for the mission's research goals. According to the company's statement, the crew will observe the Earth's poles from inside the Dragon's cupola, "leveraging insight from space physicists and citizen scientists to study unusual light emissions resembling auroras."
"The crew will study green fragments and mauve ribbons of continuous emissions comparable to the phenomenon known as STEVE ," the statement reads, "which has been measured at an altitude of approximately above Earth's atmosphere."While Fram2 is the first crewed flight of its kind, it's far from the first private SpaceX mission to send tourists aboard a Crew Dragon capsule into space.
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