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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/14750/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/14750/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Fram2 crew discuss first human mission to orbit Earth’s poles <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CrewDragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CrewDragon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dragon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Falcon9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Falcon9</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Fram2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fram2</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/polar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polar</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PolarOrbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolarOrbit</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resilience</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Zarin TV Network<p>SpaceX has launched four astronauts to Earth's polar orbit for the first time.</p><p><a href="https://zarintv.com/english/2025040111215" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zarintv.com/english/2025040111</span><span class="invisible">215</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PolarOrbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolarOrbit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronauts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RabiaRog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RabiaRog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpaceExploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceExploration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>
Orbital Policy Group<p>A new decadal survey for solar and space physics recommends that NASA’s heliophysics program pursue two billion-dollar missions even as the agency proposes to cancel a recommendation from the previous decadal. <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/NASA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NASA</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/polarorbit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polarorbit</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/solar" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solar</a> 🔭<br><br><a href="https://spacenews.com/heliophysics-decadal-survey-recommends-two-flagship-missions-for-nasa/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Heliophysics decadal survey re...</a></p>
Chao-c'<p>As early as this year, four adventurers will head into space and fly in a <a href="https://f.cz/tags/polar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polar</span></a> orbit, says <a href="https://f.cz/tags/SpaceX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceX</span></a> in a press release.</p><p>Never before has a spaceflight over the Earth's poles been conducted with humans, according to the American space company.</p><p>The commercial astronaut mission has been named <a href="https://f.cz/tags/Fram2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fram2</span></a>, after the polar ship used by Norwegian explorers for expeditions in the <a href="https://f.cz/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> and <a href="https://f.cz/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a>.</p><p>It is funded and will be led by Chun Wang, a Chinese crypto entrepreneur based in Malta.</p><p>Among those joining the journey is Norwegian Jannicke Mikkelsen, becoming Norway's first female <a href="https://f.cz/tags/astronaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronaut</span></a>. Mikkelsen lives in Longyearbyen on <a href="https://f.cz/tags/Svalbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Svalbard</span></a>, where she works as a filmmaker and freelance journalist.</p><p><a href="https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/spacex-announces-first-human-spaceflight-over-polar-regions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">highnorthnews.com/en/spacex-an</span><span class="invisible">nounces-first-human-spaceflight-over-polar-regions</span></a><br><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-08-spacex-private-mission-1st-human.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-08-spacex-p</span><span class="invisible">rivate-mission-1st-human.html</span></a><br><a href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/space-tourists-spacex-first-polar-flight" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">futurism.com/the-byte/space-to</span><span class="invisible">urists-spacex-first-polar-flight</span></a></p><p><a href="https://f.cz/tags/spacex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spacex</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/spaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceflight</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/polarorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polarorbit</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/lowearthorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lowearthorbit</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/mannedspaceflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mannedspaceflight</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/fram2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fram2</span></a> <a href="https://f.cz/tags/norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norway</span></a></p>
Doug Bostrom<p>Presumably increased radiation exposure is being taken into account. <br>(quite a bit more toasting but it's a short "mission.")</p><p><a href="https://scicomm.xyz/tags/PolarOrbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolarOrbit</span></a></p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/spacex-announces-first-human-mission-to-ever-fly-over-the-planets-poles/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/</span><span class="invisible">spacex-announces-first-human-mission-to-ever-fly-over-the-planets-poles/</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Continental Europe’s First Spaceport – and it’s Above the Arctic Circle! - When we think of a space launch it’s likely our minds might turn to the lush swamp... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/11/09/continental-europes-first-spaceport-and-its-above-the-arctic-circle/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2023/11/09/contin</span><span class="invisible">ental-europes-first-spaceport-and-its-above-the-arctic-circle/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/polarorbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>polarorbit</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/spaceport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spaceport</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>norway</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>“Knowing that it can be done doesn’t make it easy,” said Prof Martin Barstow, director of strategic partnerships at Space Park Leicester. “Landing at the poles is much more difficult than landing at the equator. You’ve got to get into a <a href="https://noc.social/tags/PolarOrbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolarOrbit</span></a> to release the lander and nobody has done that before. The <a href="https://noc.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> hasn’t landed anything at the poles on the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>.” <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Chandrayaan3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chandrayaan3</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://noc.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>’s south pole <a href="https://noc.social/tags/MoonLanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoonLanding</span></a> is big business for global <a href="https://noc.social/tags/SpaceRace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpaceRace</span></a> | <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> | The Guardian<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/23/india-south-pole-moon-landing-big-business-global-space-launch-market" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2023/aug</span><span class="invisible">/23/india-south-pole-moon-landing-big-business-global-space-launch-market</span></a></p>
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