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LAUNCH OF FRAM2 PRIVATE ASTRONAUT FLIGHT AROUND THE POLES, Mar 31, 2025, KSC, 9:46 pm ET
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Update March 29: The launch time has been refined by one minute and now is 9:46 pm ET. Three other opportunities are available Monday night-Tuesday morning: 11:20 pm ET, 12:53 am ET and 2:26 am ET.
More information is on SpaceX’s website where they will webcast the launch beignning about one hour in advance.
Update, March 25: Mission commander Chun Wang posted on X that they’ve adjusted the first available launch time to 21:47 EDT (9:47 pm EDT) on March 31 “after reassessing the weather patterns in the Pacific recovery zones” and there are four launch opportunities that night.
Update, March 23: SpaceX confirms the launch date, March 31, and it will be from KSC’s Launch Complex 39A. They are using Crew Dragon Resilience.
The Fram2 crew completed training this week in California, and early this morning, the Dragon supporting their mission arrived at the hangar at pad 39A in Florida ahead of liftoff next Monday, March 31 pic.twitter.com/yDt8ihYqHI
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) March 22, 2025
Original Entry: SpaceX’s next private astronaut mission, Fram2, will take four individuals on a three-five day flight that circles Earth poles, the first human spaceflight in that orbit. It is named after Fram, a Norwegian ship that engaged in Arctic and Antarctic exploration from 1893-1912.
Chun Wang, the Chinese-born cryptocurrency billionaire now living in Malta who is paying for and commanding the mission, posted on X today (March 21) that their launch window opens on March 31, 2025 at 23:20 EDT (11:20 pm EDT), with two backup opportunities on April 1. He did not mention if they are launching from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center or next door at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Space Launch Complex-40. According to a March 25 post on X, they will be splashing down in the Pacific off the coast of California. SpaceX is moving its Crew Dragon and Cargo Dragon splashdowns from Florida to California so when they jettison the “trunk” during reentry, any debris will go into the ocean. The splashdown of Crew-9 for NASA was the last near Florida.
L-11 days
This morning, we spent over three hours in the Dragon simulator running through the deorbit and splashdown sequence. It was our final simulation at the Hawthorne training center.
When I first arrived here in December 2023, @haleykesparza told me, “Make yourself at…
— Chun (@satofishi) March 21, 2025
The other crew members are: Norway’s Jannicke Mikkelsen, vehicle commander; Australia’s Eric Philips, mission specialist; and Germany’s Rabea Rogge, vehicle pilot.
More information on the mission and the crew are on SpaceX’s website.
