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Posted on April 5, 2025

Fram2 astronaut mission’s West Coast splashdown opens new era for SpaceX

SpaceX's Fram2 astronaut mission returned to Earth in the Pacific Ocean on Friday (April 4), marking a first for the spaceflight company.
Posted on April 4, 2025

SpaceX’s private Fram2 astronauts splash down on Earth, ending historic polar orbit expedition

SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever fly a polar orbit, splashed down today (April 4), returning four private astronauts to Earth.
Posted on April 4, 2025

Watch SpaceX’s history-making Fram2 astronaut mission return to Earth today

SpaceX's Fram2, the first crewed mission ever to orbit Earth over its poles, will splash down today (April 4), and you can watch the action live.
Posted on April 3, 2025

SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see their Florida launch site from space as historic pole-orbiting mission nears its end (video)

SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts are sharing incredible views from the first human spaceflight to orbit Earth's poles, as their mission nears a conclusion.
Posted on April 2, 2025

SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see ‘pure white’ Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day

Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above.
Posted on April 2, 2025

Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.
Posted on March 27, 2025

Katy Perry, Gayle King blast off on star-studded all-female Blue Origin rocket launch on April 14

Blue Origin has announced an April 14 liftoff date for its star-studded, all-female NS-31 mission launching on its New Shepard rocket.
Posted on March 17, 2025

Feel the burn with this amazing video of a Varda space capsule’s plunge through Earth’s atmosphere

The final two minutes of the video show things really heating up.
Posted on March 7, 2025

SpaceX loses Starship rocket stage again, but catches giant Super Heavy booster during Flight 8 launch (video)

SpaceX managed to catch the Super Heavy booster on Starship's eighth test flight today (March 6), but the vehicle's upper stage was lost about nine minutes after liftoff.
Posted on March 6, 2025

Hope is all but lost for private asteroid probe in deep space — ‘the chance of talking with Odin is minimal’

AstroForge says there's no real hope of reestablishing contact with its Odin probe, the first private spacecraft ever to fly beyond the moon.

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