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Falcon 9 Block 5 | Fram2
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
April 1, 2025, 1:46 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
Fram2 is the world’s first astronaut mission to polar orbit. Named after the Norwegian polar research ship Fram, the Crew Dragon spacecraft will launch into a 90° circular orbit from Florida, making it the first human spaceflight to fly over Earth’s polar regions from low-Earth orbit. A cupola will be installed on the Dragon spacecraft to allow for Earth observation from at an altitude of 425 – 450 km. During the 3-to-5-day mission, the crew will study green fragments and mauve ribbons of continuous emissions comparable to the phenomenon known as STEVE (Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement), persistently measured at an altitude of approximately 400 - 500 km above Earth’s atmosphere, among other studies. The crew will also work with SpaceX to conduct a variety of research to better understand the effects of spaceflight on the human body, which includes capturing the first human x-ray images in space, Just-in-Time training tools, and studying the effects of spaceflight on behavioural health. Chun Wang, an entrepreneur and explorer who co-founded f2pool and stakefish, serves as the mission commander. The vehicle commander will be Jannicke Mikkelsen, a film director, and cinematographer. The vehicle pilot will be Eric Philips, a professional polar adventurer and guide who has completed ski expeditions to the North and South Poles. The final crew member will be mission specialist Rabea Rogge, a robotics researcher from Berlin, currently pursuing her PhD in Norway.
Polar Orbit B1085 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 6-80
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 31, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | NROL-69
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 24, 2025, 5:48 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-25
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 18, 2025, 7:57 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-16
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 15, 2025, 11:35 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Crew-10
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
March 14, 2025, 11:03 p.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-21
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 13, 2025, 2:35 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-20
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
March 3, 2025, 2:24 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Starlink Group 12-13
SpaceX | United States of AmericaCape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Feb. 27, 2025, 3:34 a.m.
Falcon 9 Block 5 | Nova-C IM-2 & Others
SpaceX | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 27, 2025, 12:16 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1), which is to be the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. PRIME-1 consists of two instruments: TRIDENT drill and Msolo mass spectrometer. Also on board are: * Lunar Trailblazer, a small (class D) lunar orbiter, part of NASA's SIMPLEx program, that will detect and map water on the lunar surface to determine how its form, abundance, and location relate to geology. Its mission is to aid in the understanding of lunar water and the Moon's water cycle. * Odin, a spacecraft for AstroForge, a company that plans to mine asteroid resources. Odin intends to head into deep space to observe near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB5 in preparation for their first retrieval mission. Odin will fly by the asteroid at a distance of about 1 kilometer, arriving 11 months after launch. * CHIMERA GEO 1, a transfer spacecraft by Epic Aerospace to a geostationary orbit, with the aim of covering an orbital position. For this launch, CHIMERA-GEO is carrying an unidentified 16U cubesat manifested by Exolaunch.
Lunar Orbit B1083 - Flight Proven ( ) A Shortfall of Gravitas
