SpaceX Launches First Polar Orbit Human Spaceflight
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SpaceX launched its Fram2 mission, the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth's poles, on March 31st. Aboard the Crew Dragon 'Resilience' were four rookie astronauts from Malta, Norway, Germany, and Australia. The Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched and landed on a droneship. The crew will conduct 22 experiments over three to five days, including mushroom cultivation and X-ray imaging in space, before a Pacific Ocean splashdown – SpaceX's first.
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