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Elon Musk's SpaceX launched its first crewed polar flight mission "Fram2" at 1:46 AM UTC on April 1 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The spacecraft, funded and led by a cryptocurrency tycoon, carries four private astronauts and will complete the first human polar orbit flight lasting 3 to 5 days.
The mission is fully funded by Wang Chun, the founder of the Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool and a Chinese entrepreneur based in Malta, who also serves as the commander. The name "Fram2" is derived from a 19th-century Norwegian Arctic exploration ship.
Liftoff of Fram2 and the @framonauts! pic.twitter.com/XBL5juCnHQ
Wang Chun did not disclose the specific investment amount for this space mission, but the diverse international crew he assembled is noteworthy: it includes German polar scientist Rabea Rogge, Norwegian cinematographer Jannicke Mikkelsen, and Australian polar explorer Eric Philips.
SpaceX officially revealed that this mission will conduct 22 space experiments—covering projects such as the first human X-ray imaging in space and fungal cultivation, aimed at studying the effects of long-term space flight on human health.
Wang Chun (right) with Jannicke Mikkelsen (middle right), Rabea Rogge (middle left), and Eric Philips (left) aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. Source: SpaceX
Although Wang Chun was born in China, he announced in 2023 that he has obtained Maltese citizenship. According to data from mempool.space, F2Pool, which he founded in 2013, is one of the first Bitcoin mining pools in China and currently ranks as the fourth largest mining pool globally with nearly 10% market share.
In 2018, he founded the Ethereum staking service provider Stakefish, and on-chain data from beaconchain shows that the platform currently has about 2,025 validator nodes, ranking eighth in scale worldwide.
After launching from Florida, Wang Chun and the crew reached an orbit 265 miles (approximately 430 kilometers) above the South Pole in less than 30 minutes. The spacecraft is expected to orbit the Earth every 1.5 hours. After the mission concludes, the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft will splash down off the coast of California—marking the company's first recovery of a polar mission.
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