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Fram2 polar crew announced
On August 12, 2024, SpaceX named Chun Wang, Jannicke Mikkelsen, Eric Philips, and Rabea Rogge to Fram2, a Dragon flight planned as the first crewed polar orbit.
Topics: space-civilization
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Summary
SpaceX said Falcon 9 would launch Dragon’s sixth commercial astronaut mission, Fram2, from Florida no earlier than late 2024. The plan was a three-to-five-day flight in a polar orbit at 425 to 450 kilometers, observing the poles through the cupola, including emissions the crew would compare with the phenomenon known as STEVE. Research named in the post: the first human X-ray images in space, just-in-time training tools, and behavioral-health effects of spaceflight.
The crew, each on a first flight: Chun Wang of Malta, commander; Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, vehicle commander; Eric Philips of Australia, pilot; Rabea Rogge of Germany, mission specialist.
The context tally is a company count of the human-flight program at that date: 13 human spaceflight missions and 50 crewmembers in four years, and 46 Dragon missions to orbit overall.
Key facts
| Fact | Label |
|---|---|
| Fram2 planned no earlier than late 2024, from Florida, 3 to 5 days, 425 to 450 km | Company mission plan |
| Crew: Wang, Mikkelsen, Philips, Rogge, all first-time flyers | Company crew announcement |
| 13 human missions and 50 crewmembers in the prior four years | Company tally as of the post |
Why it matters
Fram2 is the Dragon mission later cited when Wang is named to a Starship Mars flyby plan. The polar flight itself was still a target when this post went up.
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Sources
- SpaceX update, August 12, 2024 — Grade A, company post
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