SpaceX announced that it will take the first X-ray images in space and study a luminous phenomenon similar to the aurora. The mission is called “Fram2” and will be commanded by businessman Chun Wang.
A businessman who made his fortune with cryptocurrencies bought a private space mission to the company SpaceXof the magnate Elon Muskwhich will take off at the end of this year from the United States and will be the first manned mission to fly over the Earth’s poles.
The mission will last between three and five days and will transport four people which will mark a new era of development of private space tourism, which has been booming for some years in the United States.
He commander, Chun Wangis co-founder from bitcoin mining companies F2pool and Stakefish. “I’ve been waiting impatiently for this mission for two and a half years,” Chun Wang wrote on his social media account X. “A new chapter in space exploration unfolds before our eyes“, he stressed.
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The astrophysicist Jonathan McDowll He explained that many spy and weather satellites orbit around the poles but that to reach them more is needed. power and the radiation is higher in the past. To date, “the greatest inclination reached for a manned space flight is the one achieved by the Soviet Vostok 6 missionat 65°” with respect to the Earth’s equator line and the poles that are not visible from the International Space Station (EEI).
What will the ship and its crew be like?
The mission was baptized “Fram2”named after a Norwegian ship used for polar exploration between 1893 and 1912. It will use a SpaceX Dragon capsule equipped with an observation dome and will fly at an altitude between 425 and 450 kilometersaccording to CEO Musk’s company.
The others three members of the crew will be a Norwegian filmmaker, Jannicke Mikkelsenan Australian who has explored the poles and who will act as a guide, Eric Philipsas well as a German company specializing in robotics, Rabea RoggeScientific observations are planned, such as taking the first images of X-rays in space and the study of a luminous phenomenon similar to the aurora, SpaceX said.
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The company has already made 13 manned missions in the last four years. It has carried astronauts from the POT to the ISSbut has also carried out several missions of space tourismincluding the first one in 2021, called Inspiration4funded by American billionaire Jared Isaacman.
“Wang intends to use the mission to highlight the crew’s spirit of explorationgenerate a feeling of astonishment and curiosity in the general public and highlight how technology can help expand the limits of Earth’s exploration and through mission research,” according to a statement from SpaceX.
Source: Ambito
