Humans Could Orbit Earth’s Poles for the First Time Today. What Took So Long?
The private Fram2 mission is launching later today, sending a crew of amateurs to an unprecedented polar orbit—a frontier ...
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SpaceX's private Fram2 launch over Earth's poles will send astronauts where no one has gone before
In contrast, the Fram2 mission's 90-degree inclination means it will pass directly over both the North and South Poles. This ...
Duty Calls: Airmen return to Scotia from supporting Antarctic research
Four hundred airmen of the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing have returned to Scotia after completing missions ...
SpaceX is set to launch 4 people on a first-of-its-kind mission around Earth’s poles. Here’s what to know
A four-person crew will spend three to five days aboard a SpaceX capsule orbiting above the poles of Earth — a flight path ...
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Antarctic bases are hotbeds of stress and violence and space stations could face the same challenges
Recent allegations of violence at the SANAE IV Antarctic research base highlight the urgent need to improve safety in remote ...
This Is The Loneliest Airport In The World
Tibet's Qamdo Bamba Airport is considered the world's lonelist airports in the world, although there are other contenders for the title.
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An otherworldly journey to the Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica
Forgive me for starting with superlatives, but I have no choice. I’m not the first. In 1911, Roald Amundsen, the first ...
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SATURDAY: Antarctica: how geopolitics plays out at the end of the Earth
Antarctica is Earth's only uninhabited continent, home to the South Pole, and subject to a delicate balance of cooperation ...
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South Africa’s Antarctica base hit by assault claims: What happened?
Reports of assault were first reported last weekend by South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper, which claimed to have seen a ...