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Investing.com -- The first-ever human spaceflight mission to traverse the Earth’s polar regions, led and funded by cryptocurrency investor Chun Wang, successfully returned to Earth on Friday.
The mission, named Fram2, was carried out by a crew of four who journeyed back to Earth in a SpaceX Dragon capsule. The spacecraft re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere and descended under parachutes, splashing down off the southern California coast shortly after 9 a.m. local time.
The Fram2 mission, named after a Norwegian polar expedition ship that operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, had the crew orbit over the Earth’s North and South Poles.
The Fram2 mission was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday evening. This mission, which comprised civilian scientists, entrepreneurs, and explorers onboard the Crew Dragon Resilience, marked a first in human spaceflight history with its polar orbit route.
The Falcon 9 and Resilience liftoff happened on Monday, March 31, at 9:46 PM EDT. After the launch, Falcon 9’s first stage booster made its way back to Earth, landing on SpaceX’s autonomous droneship, A Shortfall of Gravitas, positioned downrange in the Atlantic Ocean.
With its punctual launch, Fram2 became the 67th orbital launch attempt worldwide in 2025 and marked SpaceX’s 37th mission of the year.
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