First-ever planet found orbiting perpendicularly around twin brown dwarfs! A cosmic twist that challenges our understanding of planetary formation. #ExoplanetDiscovery #PolarOrbit #AstronomyNews

https://geekoo.news/planet-found-orbiting-perpendicularly-around-twin-brown-dwarfs/

SpaceX has launched four astronauts to Earth's polar orbit for the first time.

https://zarintv.com/english/2025040111215

#SpaceX #PolarOrbit #Astronauts #NASA #RabiaRog #SpaceExploration #Science

As early as this year, four adventurers will head into space and fly in a #polar orbit, says #SpaceX in a press release.

Never before has a spaceflight over the Earth's poles been conducted with humans, according to the American space company.

The commercial astronaut mission has been named #Fram2, after the polar ship used by Norwegian explorers for expeditions in the #Arctic and #Antarctica.

It is funded and will be led by Chun Wang, a Chinese crypto entrepreneur based in Malta.

Among those joining the journey is Norwegian Jannicke Mikkelsen, becoming Norway's first female #astronaut. Mikkelsen lives in Longyearbyen on #Svalbard, where she works as a filmmaker and freelance journalist.

https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/spacex-announces-first-human-spaceflight-over-polar-regions
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-spacex-private-mission-1st-human.html
https://futurism.com/the-byte/space-tourists-spacex-first-polar-flight

#spacex #spaceflight #space #polarorbit #lowearthorbit #mannedspaceflight #fram2 #norway

Presumably increased radiation exposure is being taken into account.
(quite a bit more toasting but it's a short "mission.")

#PolarOrbit

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/08/spacex-announces-first-human-mission-to-ever-fly-over-the-planets-poles/

Continental Europe’s First Spaceport – and it’s Above the Arctic Circle!

#space #norway #polarorbit #spaceport #hackaday

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“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 #PolarOrbit to release the lander and nobody has done that before. The #US hasn’t landed anything at the poles on the #Moon.” #Chandrayaan3

#India’s south pole #MoonLanding is big business for global #SpaceRace | #Space | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/23/india-south-pole-moon-landing-big-business-global-space-launch-market