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Elon's SpaceX Crew Dragon:

Fram2 crew looks at Antarctica from Crew Dragon Resilience's cupola.
Fram2 is the first manned mission to polar orbit.

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Elon's SpaceX Crew Dragon:

Solar storm!

"Moderate S2 Solar Radiation Storm - Infrequent effects on HF radio through polar regions and satellite operations"

Solar Activity: https://www.spaceweatherlive.com/en/solar-activity.html

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Elon's SpaceX Crew Dragon:

Crew Dragon Resilience separates from Falcon 9 upper stage, enters polar orbit. The first time a manned spacecraft entered polar inclination around Earth. But solar storms are getting active right now.

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Elon's SpaceX Crew Dragon:

Falcon 9 booster B1085 lands for its sixth time, after delivering Fram2 crew to polar orbit.

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Elon's SpaceX Crew Dragon:

SpaceX Livestream: https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=fram2

"SpaceX is targeting Monday, March 31 at 9:46 p.m. ET for Falcon 9’s launch of Fram2 to a polar orbit from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There are three additional launch opportunities within the approximate 4.5-hour window: 11:20 p.m. ET followed by 12:53 a.m. and 2:26 a.m. on Tuesday, April 1. If needed, backup opportunities are available on Tuesday, April 1 starting at the same time."

"A live webcast of this mission will begin about one hour prior to liftoff, which you can watch here and on X SpaceX. You can also watch the webcast on the new X TV app."

"The Dragon spacecraft supporting this mission previously flew Crew-1 to and from the International Space Station, Inspiration4, the first all-civilian mission to orbit, and Polaris Dawn, the first commercial mission to conduct an extravehicular activity from Dragon. This will be the sixth flight for the first stage booster supporting this mission, which previously launched Crew-9, RRT-1, Firefly Blue Ghost Mission 1, and two Starlink missions. Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship stationed in the Atlantic Ocean."

"MISSION OBJECTIVES "During their multi-day mission, Dragon and the crew will explore Earth from a polar orbit and fly over Earth’s polar regions for the first time. They will also conduct 22 research studies designed to help advance humanity’s capabilities for long-duration space exploration and understanding of human health in space. Throughout Fram2’s time on-orbit, the crew are planning to take the first x-ray in space, perform exercise studies to maintain muscle and skeletal mass, and grow mushrooms in microgravity. Additionally, after safely returning to Earth, the crew plans to exit from the Dragon spacecraft without additional medical and operational assistance, helping researchers characterize the ability of astronauts to perform unassisted functional tasks after short and long durations in space."

"THE CREW This will be the first human spaceflight for Mission Commander Chun Wang, Vehicle Commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, Vehicle Pilot Rabea Rogge, and Mission Specialist and Medical Officer Eric Philips."

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"SpaceX to launch Fram2 crewed mission to historic polar orbit"

NSF Article: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/03/fram2-launch/

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Fram2 crew getting ready for manned polar orbit mission. The 1st time a manned flight was in a polar inclination.
(photo from John Kraus)

1st launch window opens at 2146 9:46pm EST today.

NSF Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/live/qaMDdNAbg-A

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Elon's SpaceX Crew Dragon:

Crew Dragon Resilience will take the Fram2 crew to a polar orbit. The first time a manned spacecraft went to a polar orbit around Earth.

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Elon's SpaceX Crew Dragon:

Crew Dragon Resilience getting ready for static fire test, in preparation for the Fram2 polar orbit private crewed mission.

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Elon's SpaceX Crew Dragon:

Fram2 is to be the first polar orbit manned mission in history. It will cross outside the Earth's magnetic field at the poles.

Fram2 crew (left to right):

Eric Phillips: Mission specialist Medical officer
Chun Wang: Mission Commander
Rabea Rogge: Pilot
Jannicke Mikkelsen: Vehicle Commander

Mission overview:

"Named Fram2 in reference and succession to the polar exploration ship Fram, the mission is intended to study the Earth's poles and their space environment. It will be a free-flight mission of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, without docking to a space station. Initially spacecraft Endurance was selected for this flight because it shares the name with Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic exploration vessel. But it was later decided to fly this mission with Resilience due to changes in the Crew Dragon manifest. This mission will be equipped with the panoramic cupola attachment that first flew on Inspiration4. The mission is scheduled for early April 2025. It will launch from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center."

"The mission will enter a low Earth orbit (between 425 and 450 km (264 and 280 mi)) with a polar inclination (90°), allowing it to fly over both of Earth's poles. It will aim to observe and study aurora-like phenomena such as STEVE and green fragments and conduct experiments on the human body, including the first X-ray of a human in space. Rogge plans a series of Amateur Radio SSTV image transmissions. Those are targeted to educational groups competing in an event called FRAM2 Ham."

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Dragon "Resilience" getting ready for Fram2 manned polar orbit mission.

Fram2 is planned to be the first polar orbit manned mission. It will cross outside the Earth's magnetic field at the poles.

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