Before Fram2, few private missions and manned by civilians had managed to reach the terrestrial orbit, all in inclined and remote trajectories of the poles. The first, by the hand of Spacex, was inspiration 4 in 2021,
Spacex The mission launched this Monday Fram2the first human spatial flight that will directly fly over the Geographical Poles of the Earthan orbital mission of several days funded privately and composed of four non -professional crew, the rocket Falcon 9 took off successfully from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The mission was funded by businessman Chun Wang, and has as scientific goals to study atmospheric phenomena in polar areas, perform medical experiments in micro gravity conditions and test agricultural solutions for future prolonged missions in space.
The flight will remain between three and five days in orbit, during which the crew will carry out 22 scientific experiments, including the attempt to perform the First radiography in spaceessays Cultivation of edible fungi and studies on human metabolic regulation.
Unlike previous missions that orbit the land from positions near the Ecuador, this will be the first to reach a polar orbit, which will allow astronauts to cross directly on both poles aboard the Dragon capsule.
As he points out Spacex In his announcement, “during his mission of several days, Dragon and his crew will explore the earth from a polar orbit and oversight the terrestrial polar regions for the first time.” The route represents a significant technical challengesince the inclination of the flight, 90 degrees with respect to Ecuadorit requires much more fuel.
Launch programming
To ensure the necessary flexibility due to possible adverse conditions, Spacex established a launch window of approximately four and a half hourswith additional opportunities at 23:20, 00:53 and 02:26 extending to Tuesday, April 1, if necessary.
The Falcon 9 rocket, which transported the dragon capsule with the team on board, began its countdown to a series of Sequential events which included the verification of the propeller load system.
The task of the crew
The four responsible for the mission will be responsible for carrying out a total of 22 scientific research that covers various areas, From human health to space agriculture. Its purpose is to advance in the understanding of how space trips influence the body, which will be crucial for future expeditions to Mars.
This group will carry out studies in fields such as human behavior in space and the effect of microgravity on physiology, in addition to analyzing the impacts of spatial adaptation syndrome or nausea by movement, which affect approximately 70% of astronauts in prolonged missions.
Source: Ambito
