First humans to orbit Earth’s poles capture breathtaking images of ‘pure white’ region during historic SpaceX mission
They’re seeing what no human has seen before. The first civilian astronauts to orbit Earth’s polar region revealed the ...
United Launch Alliance and Amazon set first launch for SpaceX Starlink competitor Project Kuiper
A launch date is set for the first batch of what will be thousands of satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper as the company ...
Interesting Engineering12h
Humans orbit Earth over north, south poles for first time with SpaceX Fram2 mission
SpaceX made history on April 1 with its private Fram2 mission. For the first time ever, a crew orbited the Earth’s poles.
The tiny Australian islands no one expected to draw Trump’s fury
They’re uninhabited and are home to thousands of penguins and seals, but Donald Trump reckons they should be slapped with a ...
Smithsonian Magazine16h
Four Civilian Astronauts Capture Imagery of Earth’s Icy Poles on Fram2, the First Crewed Mission to Polar Orbit
The mission, funded and commanded by a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, was launched by SpaceX on Monday and has grabbed ...
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First Humans Over Earth’s Poles Reveal Stunning Polar Views Aboard SpaceX Dragon Mission
SpaceX successfully launched a private mission that sent four amateur astronauts on an unprecedented journey into polar orbit ...
Why Vladimir Putin is eyeing a tiny archipelago in the Arctic
A remote archipelago in the Arctic is emerging as a flashpoint in relations between the Kremlin, Washington and Europe, amid concerns Vladimir Putin could use an attack on the Norwegian territory to ...
Aviation Week Network23h
SpaceX Launches Private Space Crew Into Polar Orbit
To reach polar orbit from Florida—a trajectory SpaceX reopened in 2020 after a 50-year hiatus—the Falcon 9 rocket carrying ...
Opinion
Letter: Support funding of the U.S. Antarctic Program
Antarctica and Maine have things in common. Both have major and productive water bodies warming at a rate unparalleled in much of the world. The University of Maine has a longstanding array of ...