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SpaceX to launch privately-financed international crew of four around Earth’s poles
August 12, 2024 William Harwood [SFN]


The Fram2 crew, seen during a visit to SpaceX’s Hawthorn, Calif., manufacturing facility. Left to right: Eric Philips, Jannicke Mikkelse, commander Chun Wang and Rabea Rogge. Image: SpaceX.

A blockchain entrepreneur, a cinematographer, a polar adventurer and a robotics researcher plan to fly around Earth’s poles aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule by end of year, becoming the first humans to observe the ice caps and extreme polar environments from orbit, SpaceX announced Monday.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2024/08/12/spacex-to-launch-privately-financed-international-crew-of-four-around-earths-poles/

Crypto entrepreneur buys Crew Dragon flight
Jeff Foust August 13, 2024

(...) SpaceX announced Aug. 12 that it will launch a private astronaut mission called Fram2 as soon as late 2024. The Crew Dragon will launch into a polar orbit from Florida, flying at an altitude of 425 to 450 kilometers during a mission lasting three to five days. No crewed mission has flown in a polar orbit before, with the highest inclination being about 65 degrees. (...)

Wang is also not a native of Malta, having been born and raised in China, later moving to South Korea. He announced on social media in August 2023 he had become a citizen of Malta, but did not explain why. Malta offers several paths for citizenship, including residency in the country and through investment, and Malta, as part of the European Union, can offer greater options for visa-free international travel. (...)

Joining Wang on the mission will be Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, who will be vehicle commander; Eric Philips of Australia as vehicle pilot; and Rabea Rogge of Germany as mission specialist. SpaceX has previously not used the designation of “vehicle commander” on Crew Dragon missions, and it is not clear the difference between that role and that of Wang mission commander. (...)
https://spacenews.com/crypto-entrepreneur-buys-crew-dragon-flight/

I had the pleasure of briefly speaking with the crew of FRAM2 - @framonauts, Chun Wang - @satofishi, Jannicke Mikkelsen - @astro_jannicke, Eric Philips - @Icetrek, and Rabea Rogge, who will be the first crew to fly over the north and south poles! Here's a few fun notes:

They will be flying from Florida, not sure yet whether it's LC-39A or SCL-40. The profile is quite unique to be able to accommodate crew on a southern trajectory, but we didn't have time to get further into it.

The mission WILL feature the cupola that we first saw fly with @inspiration4x, which is VERY exciting considering they'll be flying over both the fully illuminated south pole as well as the northern lights on each pass!

I asked them about safety considerations of flying over the poles and they said it's not considered to be much. more dangerous than standard LEO missions in regards to radiation

The crew found out in December, 2023 when Chun individually asked them to take part in this mission with him. They have all worked together and befriended each other previously on a North Pole mission.

The idea for the polar mission is entirely Chun's idea, he brought the idea to SpaceX and purchased the ride after considering other mission options, but wasn't interested in just purchasing one seat.

They get to pre-plan orientation of the spacecraft for the best views and filming opportunities for each pass, which is awesome.

https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1823118164512674071

Crypto magnate buys SpaceX mission for private polar spaceflight expedition
Published Tue, Aug 13 202411:03 AM EDT Michael Sheetz

(...) For the mission, Wang invited a trio of Arctic specialists to join him: Jannicke Mikkelsen, 38, a Norwegian filmmaker; Eric Philips, 62, an Australian explorer and guide; and Rabea Rogge, 28, a German researcher.

“I’ve been interested in space from a very young age … and for the first time, a private person can plan and design their own very personal mission,” Wang told CNBC.

Wang, 42, was born in Tianjin, China, but now hails from the Mediterranean island country of Malta, having become a citizen last year. Wang said he met his fellow crewmembers while living in Svalbard, the far north Norwegian archipelago, and describes himself as “nomadic,” having visited more than 100 countries the past few years. (...)
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/13/crypto-magnate-chun-wang-buys-spacex-polar-spaceflight-fram2.html

SpaceX announces first human mission to ever fly over the planet’s poles
Eric Berger - 8/13/2024, 12:45 AM

The highest-inclination flight by a human spacecraft to date is 65.1 degrees.

(...) In an interview, Wang said he became a billionaire in 2021 after the price of bitcoin, dogecoin, and other cryptocurrencies surged. He had long been interested in space, Wang added, and so he began talking to SpaceX about purchasing a seat on a private Dragon mission. In 2023 the discussions matured, and Wang realized that if he bought an entire mission he could set its parameters.

He wanted to try something new, and flying a polar mission aligned with his interests in cold places on Earth. The highest-inclination flight ever by a human spacecraft was the Soviet Vostok 6 mission in 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova's spacecraft reached 65.1 degrees. Now, Fram2 will fly repeatedly and directly over the poles. (...)
https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/spacex-announces-first-human-mission-to-ever-fly-over-the-planets-poles/

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(1/12) W związku z trwającą obecnie misją Fram2 na orbicie polarnej wokół Ziemi, wielu zastanawia się, która poprzednia załogowa misja kosmiczna była jej najbliższa.
Możemy od razu wykluczyć wszystkie loty amerykańskich statków kosmicznych Mercury, Gemini i Apollo.


(2/12) Wystartowali z Florydy na najbardziej korzystne energetycznie orbity. Istnieje jednak jeden wyjątek. A była to misja Apollo ASTP w ramach wspólnego amerykańsko-radzieckiego programu Sojuz-Apollo. W tym czasie statek kosmiczny Apollo znajdował się na orbicie nachylonej pod kątem 51°46′ do równika.


(3/12) Zrobiono to w celu ułatwienia lotu Sojuza 19, który po wystrzeleniu z kosmodromu Bajkonur osiągnąłby orbitę o mniejszym nachyleniu, ale zużywałby przy tym dużą ilość paliwa.
Jednakże żaden ze statków kosmicznych nie pobił rekordu w kwestii nachylenia orbity.


(4/12) Amerykańskie wahadłowce znów latały na orbitach o korzystnym nachyleniu w przypadku startów z Florydy lub znacznie większym (ok. 51°) w przypadku misji na stację kosmiczną Mir lub ISS. Ale nawet tutaj znajdziemy jeden wyjątek.

(5/12) Amerykański wahadłowiec kosmiczny Atlantis wystartował 28.02.1990 w ramach misji STS-36.
Został umieszczony na orbicie nachylonej pod kątem 61°59′ do równika.
To przekraczało jego normalne możliwości, albo raczej... możliwości portu kosmicznego, który ograniczył starty do 57°.


(6/12) Podczas lotu wahadłowiec musiał zmienić azymut swojej trajektorii lotu.
Manewr ten nazywa się dog-leg.
Ładunkiem misji STS-36 był satelita USA 53.
Najprawdopodobniej jest to satelita rozpoznawczy o niskim stopniu wykrywalności, zbudowany na bazie satelitów KH-11.

(7/12) Załoga w składzie John Oliver Creighton, John Casper, Pierre Thuot, David C. Hilmers i Mike Mullane nadal dzierży rekord statku pilotowanego przez Amerykanów. Nadal jednak utrzymuje ten rekord wśród obywateli amerykańskich. W misji Fram2 nie ma obywateli USA.


(8/12) W Związku Radzieckim sytuacja była inna.
Pierwsze dwie generacje statków kosmicznych, Wostok i Woschod, zostały wystrzelone na orbity o nachyleniu od 64° do 65°.
Nachylenia poszczególnych lotów były bardzo podobne, jednak najwyższe nachylenie orbity osiągnęła misja Wostok 4, osiągając nachylenie 64°59′.

(9/12) Wostok 4 wystartował 12.08.1962.
Ten rekord ZSRR/Rosji jest nadal aktualny i należy do kosmonauty Pawła Popowicza.
Wszystkie statki kosmiczne Sojuz, które realizowały programy Wostok i Woschod, zostały wystrzelone na orbity nachylone do równika, mieszczące się w zakresie od 51° do 52°.


(10/12) Ale nawet tutaj był jeden wyjątek.
15.09.1976 razem z załogowym statkiem kosmicznym Sojuz 22 wystartowała rakieta nośna Sojuz-U.
Został on dostarczony na orbitę o nachyleniu 64°46′, bardzo blisko rekordowego lotu Wostoka 4.


(11/12) Jednym z powodów było testowanie nowej wschodnioniemieckiej kamery multispektralnej MKF-6.
Wykorzystywano ją do obserwacji Ziemi, a później zainstalowano na stacjach kosmicznych Salut 5 i 6.


(12/12) Na koniec, dla kompletności dodam, że chińskie załogowe loty kosmiczne (Shenzhou) odbywają się na orbitach o nachyleniu od 41° do 43° względem równika Ziemi.
Jak widać powyżej, misja Fram2 znacznie przewyższyła wszystkie poprzednie misje kosmiczne pod tym względem.

Dodatek: Zostałem powiadomiony, że niektóre źródła podają lot statku kosmicznego Wostok 6 z Walentyną Tierieszkową jako lot, który pobił rekord.
Należy dodać, że wszystkie loty Wostoka odbywały się w okolicach 65°, a Wostok 3 z Andrijanem Nikołajewem był bardzo blisko.


Bazowałem na swoim archiwum dotyczącym radzieckiej i rosyjskiej kosmonautyki, więc na pozycji rekordzisty pozostawię Wostok 4 z Popowiczem, ale nie każdy musi go tam mieć 😊
Cieszmy się więc z misji Fram2, gdzie te 90° są niepodważalne.
https://x.com/Kosmo_Michal/status/1906983899009314934

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1/5) 04.04.2025 o 18:19 CEST kabina powrotna statku kosmicznego Crew Dragon Resilience wylądowała w oceanie u wybrzeży południowej Kalifornii.
Tak zakończyła się kolejna prywatna wyprawa kosmiczna, tym razem nazwana Fram2.
Nazwa nawiązuje do szkunera ekspedycyjnego Fram, który badał polarne rejony Ziemi.

(2/5) Załoga w składzie Chun Wang🇲🇹, Jannicke Mikkelsen🇬🇧🇳🇴, Rabea Rogge🇩🇪 i Eric Philips🇦🇺 pośrednio kontynuowała te badania, a część z 22 eksperymentów naukowych koncentrowała się na regionach Arktyki i Antarktydy.

(3/5) Stało się to możliwe dzięki temu, że po raz pierwszy załogowy statek kosmiczny został wysłany na orbitę polarną, której nachylenie do równika wynosiło aż 90,67°.
O tym, jak ten „rekord” zmieniał się na przestrzeni dziejów, pisałem w innym wpisie po rozpoczęciu misji.

(4/5) Teraz trochę statystyk i ciekawostek.
Misja Fram2 trwała 3 dni, 13 godzin i 33 minuty od startu do lądowania.
Był to pierwszy lot kosmiczny amerykańskiego statku kosmicznego z załogą w całości niebędącą Amerykanami.
I dotyczy to całego świata, zarówno załogi, jak i operatora.

(5/5) Kolejnym ciekawym osiągnięciem było pierwsze wodowanie kabiny powrotnej Crew Dragon na wodach Oceanu Spokojnego.
Ostatni raz coś takiego miało miejsce podczas powrotu statku kosmicznego Apollo po misji Sojuz-Apollo.
Wydarzenia te dzieli 49 lat, 253 dni, 19 godzin i 1 minuta.
https://x.com/Kosmo_Michal/status/1908195123051016288

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FRAM2 MISSION SCIENCE AND RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT

Fram2 will advance humanity’s capabilities for long-duration space exploration and understanding human health in space with 22 research projects from eight countries. The full list of experiments and partner institutions include:
https://ericphilips.com/science-and-medical

Pěstování hlívy, měření kosmického záření i studium mozku – mise Fram2 překypuje vědou
Dušan Majer 2. dubna 2025



Včera ve 3:46 SELČ odstartovala z rampy LC-39A na Kennedyho středisku na Floridě raketa Falcon 9 s kosmickou lodí Crew Dragon. V rámci mise Fram2 byl výrazně překonán dosavadní rekord ve sklonu dráhy pilotované kosmické lodě vůči rovníku, který pocházel už z éry programu Vostok. První pilotovaná mise na polární oběžné dráze (sklon krátce po startu byl 90,01°) není v žádném případě jen drahým výletem čtyř cestujících. Jedinečné podmínky na palubě budou využity k provedení celkem 24 výzkumných projektů, které pocházejí z osmi států. V tomto článku se s nimi seznámíme.
https://kosmonautix.cz/2025/04/02/pestovani-hlivy-mereni-kosmickeho-zareni-i-studium-mozku-mise-fram2-prekypuje-vedou/

Meet the Fram2 crew: A cryptocurrency entrepreneur, a cinematographer, a robotics engineer and an Arctic explorer
March 31, 2025 Will Robinson-Smith


The four astronauts of the Fram2 mission pose inside the suit up room near Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. From left to right: mission commander Chun Wang, vehicle pilot Rabea Rogge, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen and mission specialist and medical officer Eric Philips. Image: Fram2

Chun Wang


Fram2 mission commander Chun Wang pictured inside the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A during the dry dress rehearsal on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Image: Fram2/SpaceX

The man behind the Fram2 mission, Chun Wang, is an entrepreneur who became fascinated with travel at a very young age. Growing up in China, he said it wasn’t until he turned 18 in 2000 and went off to university that he traveled more 172 km (107 mi) from his home.

As a kid, he imagined traveling the world, thanks to his grandparents with whom he lived during his childhood. Wang said they were the ones who taught him to read.

“In 1987, when I was 5 years old, my grandfather went for a walk and brought home a world map he had found. That map instantly became my favorite thing to play with, and it sparked my curiosity,” Wang said. “What really caught my eye was the empty space at the bottom of the map—the polar regions. From that moment, I was fascinated by the mystery and excitement of these distant and unknown places.” (...)

Jannicke Mikkelsen


Fram2 vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen poses in the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A during the dry dress rehearsal for the mission on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Image: Fram2/SpaceX

Sitting in the seat reserved for a commander of a Dragon spacecraft is Jannicke Mikkelsen. The 38-year-old is an award winning cinematographer and film director who was hailed by the European Commission as “an innovator in next-gen film production.”

She was also called a “monument” in virtual reality filmmaking by the lead guitarist of Queen, Brian May, who is also an astrophysicist. Mikkelsen received a Master’s degree in cinematography from the National Film and Television school in the United Kingdom.

Highlights of her professional career include serving as the director, director of photography and stenographer on the VR concert film, “Queen + Adam Lambert: VR the Champions.”

“I’ve been very fortunate to work with legends such as Brian May and to call him my mentor. He taught me that inspiration is born through renewed perspective!” Mikkelsen said. “You can either seek out a new perspective, or you can create it. In my career I do a mixture of both. I seek to bring my camera where nobody has gone before me, and I also film in 3D to make you feel like you are there with me.

“To make it possible to bring a camera with me I must innovate because the technology we have available today is insufficient for the challenge ahead. My dream is to take you with me on our Fram2 space mission for you to experience our mission and see planet Earth as we will.” (...)

Rabea Rogge



The youngest member of the Fram2 crew is Rabea Rogge. Hailing from Berlin, Germany, the 29-year-old is taking a pause from pursuing a PhD to take part in this mission to space.

Originally, she was taking a pause from her studies to conduct a trip to Antarctica, but didn’t imagine that flying to low Earth orbit was going to be on the docket.

“I am very humbled that Chun has invited me to this mission of a lifetime,” Rogge said.

The mission isn’t the first time that space or interest in polar regions became a part of Rogge’s life. She started her PhD in Norway with a focus on decision making for autonomous boats in polar waters.

“I find it fascinating how the rules change when conditions get hostile, with wind, waves and ice – it is already hard for us humans, so how should an autonomous agent know how to take the right path of action?” Rogge said. (...)

Eric Philips


Fram2 mission specialist and medical officer Eric Philips poses in the crew access arm at Launch Complex 39A during the dry dress rehearsal for the mission on Saturday, March 29, 2025. Image: Fram2

The fourth member of the Fram2 mission is 62-year-old Australian polar explorer, Eric Philips. On his personal website, he describes himself as a “polar adventurer,” which he said goes back to his time as a kid when his parents started taking him and his five siblings to southern Australia.

“I’ve dedicated much of my life to untracked areas of the Arctic and Antarctica including pioneering four glacial routes to the South Pole,” Philips said. “Much of my polar career has been as a guide, taking relative novices into areas previously the domain of professional explorers, a direct extension of my previous occupation as an outdoor educator. Adventure is its own reward and it has made me who I am.”

Philips is the founder and director of the company Icetrek Expeditions and Equipment and has more than 30 years of experience in polar environments. He focuses on Svalbard, Norway, because it is “a snapshot of everything polar, including extreme cold, ice and snow, frozen mountains and fjords, glaciers, polar bears and the aurora.”

“It’s important that people’s engagement with the natural world is experiential, seeing and doing things first-hand,” Philips said. “When such things are taken to their full potential they unlock scientific and geographical mysteries, and keep alive the very spirit of exploration and adventure that catapulted humankind into the Age of Enlightenment.” (...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/03/31/meet-the-fram2-crew-a-crypto-entrepreneur-a-cinematographer-a-robotics-engineer-and-an-arctic-explorer/