Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was ...

A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the North and South ...

Mikkelsen, the first Norwegian bound for space, has flown over the poles before, but at a much lower altitude. She was part ...

Space is one of the most dangerous frontiers, yet astronauts have repeatedly defied death through skill, technology, and ...

SpaceX is preparing for a groundbreaking human spaceflight that will venture over Earth's polar regions — a first of its kind ...

Earth to astronaut Barbie, we have a new space collectible ... but probably not for all of the reasons Mattel intended.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight mission to fly over the Earth’s polar regions, funded and commanded ...

Four private astronauts have embarked on a historic journey, becoming the first humans to orbit both the North and South ...

Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, and other pioneering cosmonauts came almost as close, as did NASA shuttle astronauts in 1990. A polar orbit is ideal for climate and Earth-mapping satellites ...