SpaceX is gearing up to launch another privately funded space mission that’s set to achieve several firsts.
SpaceX is about to launch its first private human spaceflight mission in nearly seven months.
The mission will use a Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft to send four civilians into a polar orbit, in what will be a first for a human spaceflight mission.
Named Fram2 after the ship that helped explorers first reach Earth’s Arctic and Antarctic regions about 100 years ago, the mission has been funded by Chun Wang, an entrepreneur and adventurer from Malta. Wang, who will be commander of of the flight, will be flying alongside him will be Norwegian cinematographer Jannicke Mikkelsen, Australian polar explorer Eric Philips, and German robotics engineer Rabea Rogge. All four crew members have been in training for months and will be traveling to space for the first time.
