Spacex launches the first mission with a crew to fly on the poles of the earth

The mission was financed by an entrepreneur who constitutes the crew of four people

THE Spacex Launched on Monday evening, 31, the first mission with a crew to fly directly on the polar regions of the earth. The private mission counts as a crew of four astronauts.

Entitled Fram2, in honor of a Norwegian ship of the nineteenth century used in shipments in the regions of Arctic and Antarctica, the mission should last from three to five days.

The night take -off of a Falcon 9 rocket of the Company Elon Musk He was received with applause in the flight control room when the journey began to the north and southern land.

The crew started at 9:46 pm local time aboard a Kennedy Space Center dragon capsule in Florida.

Astronauts should perform a series of vital experiments for longer missions, including the first X -ray recording in the space and cultivation of microgravity mushrooms.

“With the same pioneering spirit of the first polar explorers, we try to bring new data and knowledge to promote the long -term objectives of the exploration of the space of the space,” said the commander of the Chun Wang mission, responsible for financing the project.

Wang, a Maltese adventurer born in China and Co -Fondor of the cryptocurrency companies F2Pool and Skatefish, has chosen the other crew members: the vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, a Norwegian director; Rabea Rogge, German pilot and robotic researcher, mission expert and medical officer Eric Philips, an Australian polar expedition.

The team trained for eight months, a preparation that included an expedition to Alaska to simulate life in confined spaces in adverse conditions.

Upon returning to Earth, the crew will try to leave the space vehicle without further medical support as part of a study to understand how astronauts can carry out basic tasks after the space flight. /AFP

Source: Terra

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