Motion Sickness Hits Hard as Space Tourists Describe Polar Orbit Adventure

Four space rookies are floating in a SpaceX Dragon vehicle, gazing down at Earth’s polar regions while collecting data from their unique vantage point. The Fram2 mission is off to an exciting start, pulling off some major firsts for human spaceflight. SpaceX’s Fram2 mission launched on Monday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The commercial mission sent a crew of four private astronauts where no other humans have flown before, orbiting Earth from above the planet’s polar regions on an unprecedented journey. The Fram2 crew already got to work on some exciting research studies in the unique environment, sending a flurry of updates from space. Hello, Antarctica. Unlike previously anticipated, from 460 km above, it is only pure white, no human activity is visible. pic.twitter.com/i7JawFYzW2 — Chun (@satofishi) April 2, 2025 The crew of astronauts includes Chun Wang, a crypto billionaire who founded the Bitcoin mining companies f2pool and stakefish, as mission commander; Janni ... Read full article.