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Wang launched into orbit atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Monday night (March 31), leading his four-person Fram2 crew on the world's first astronaut flight over Earth's poles.
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Chun Wang, a Chinese-born entrepreneur, hurtled into orbit from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
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The unusual trajectory was chosen to honor the group’s interest in polar exploration.
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The SpaceX rocket and spacecraft technology company scrubbed its launch of 27 satellites Tuesday from California.
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Space.com on MSNNASA officially adds SpaceX's giant Starship megarocket to its launch rosterSpaceX's Starship megarocket, the world's most powerful rocket, is officially on NASA's list for future launches.
The crew will observe Earth's polar regions 430 kilometers above the surface, allowing the Crew Dragon Resilience to travel from the North to South Pole under an hour.
The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board.
During the first quarter of the year, 27 orbital rockets took flight from Florida's Space Coast. That equates to a cadence of 108 launches by year's end — a record-breaking pace that would erase last year's record of 93 annual liftoffs.
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Monday said it closed out a review into SpaceX's explosive Starship test flight in January, while another investigation into the rocket's subsequent testing explosion in March remains open.