Putting the Fram2 crew and spacecraft into polar orbit may have had more to do with planning a distinctive mission — rather than one ideally suited for science, said Dr. Christopher Combs, the ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter captured the first-ever images of the sun's south pole in March, which were released this week.

The Fram2 will be the first time humans will orbit Earth's polar regions after it took off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Monday, March 31, 2025.

Putting the Fram2 crew and spacecraft into polar orbit may have had more to do with planning a distinctive mission — rather than one ideally suited for science, said Dr. Christopher Combs, the ...

GAO has long warned the program’s first launch would be delayed at least a year. Those projections could prove true, but ...

The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter spacecraft returns first-ever data of the Sun collected from a 17-degree tilted orbit.

For three to five days, the crew of four will orbit Earth's polar regions. The Fram2 astronauts launched on a mission like no other Monday night. News Space Sports Opinions Restaurants Advertise ...

Launched on March 31 aboard the Crew Dragon capsule Resilience from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Fram2 became the first crewed mission to fly in a true polar orbit, passing directly over ...

The Exploration Company lost contact with its Mission Possible vehicle a few minutes before touchdown in the ocean.

The versatile cannabis plant could, some scientists think, one day be useful for lunar and Martian colonists. For now, researchers will subject its seeds to radiation in orbit and see what happens.

NASA retiree turned private astronaut Peggy Whitson was launched on the fifth flight to orbit of her career early on ...

Putting the Fram2 crew and spacecraft into polar orbit may have had more to do with planning a distinctive mission — rather than one ideally suited for science, said Dr. Christopher Combs, the ...