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.

Fram2 will send four people from four different nations to low Earth orbit for three to five days. Those crewmembers — all of them spaceflight rookies — are mission commander Chun Wang of Malta, ...

Launch recap: Scroll down to read live updates from the launch of the record-breaking Fram2 crew. The SpaceX rocket lifted off at 9:46 p.m. EDT on March 31, from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. Fram2 watched a SpaceX rocket launch on the way to their launch ...

SpaceX is gearing up to launch Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles, on Monday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The historic mission will carry four civilians from ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Fram2 will launch southbound from Florida's Space Coast. Usually, crewed flights head east, out over the ...

Fram2, the first human spaceflight to orbit the poles, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 11:20 p.m. EDT on March 31. The ...

Now Fram2, will build on both Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn, said Kiko Dontchev, SpaceX’s vice president of launch, during a virtual event on Friday. “From a crew training perspective ...

Spearheading the Fram2 mission is Malta resident Chun Wang ... resulting in “a significant loss of performance for that launch vehicle in terms of how much mass it can put into orbit ...

The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with ...

Launch recap: Scroll down to read live updates from the launch of the record-breaking Fram2 crew. The SpaceX rocket lifted off at 9:46 p.m. EDT on March 31, from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.

Fram2, the first human spaceflight to orbit the poles, is scheduled to launch no earlier than 11:20 p.m. EDT on March 31. The SpaceX mission will be crewed by four explorers of the Arctic regions ...