The Framonauts Return Home | Fram2 Mission to Earth's Polar Regions | SpaceX

The Framonauts Return Home | Fram2 Mission to Earth's Polar Regions | SpaceX

After nearly four days of flying in a polar orbit to explore the Earth’s polar regions for the first time, the Fram2 crew and their SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully returned to Earth on Friday, April 4, 2025, splashing down off the coast of California after 9am this morning Pacific Time. This was the first Dragon human spaceflight mission to splash down in the Pacific Ocean as Dragon recovery returns to the West Coast. The crew members are seen here inside the Dragon spacecraft shortly after landing.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched Fram2 on Monday, March 31, 2025, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Watch a replay of the landing webcast:
https://www.spacex.com/launches/mission/?missionId=fram2

The Fram2 Mission crew members were the first humans to view the Earth’s polar regions from space.

The Crew
This is the first human spaceflight for Mission Commander Chun Wang (Malta), Vehicle Commander Jannicke Mikkelsen (Norway), Vehicle Pilot Rabea Rogge (Germany), plus Mission Specialist and Medical Officer Eric Philips (Australia).

The Fram2 Mission was named in honor of Fram "Forward", the first exploration ship to complete voyages to the Arctic and Antarctica between 1893 and 1912. Framonaut Vehicle Commander Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway carried a small piece of that ship to orbit.

Learn more about the Fram2 Mission and its crew: 

https://f2.com

Video Credit: SpaceX/Fram2 Mission

Duration: 10 seconds

Release Date: April 4, 2025

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