The Stars My Destination: Fram2

Better Late than Never | Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea máxima culpa!

The Space Age
1-4 April 2025: Mission Commander Chun Wang, Vehicle Commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, Pilot Rabea Rogge, & Mission Specialist Eric Philips lifted off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center's LC-39A aboard the Crew Dragon Resilience (C207) atop a Falcon 9 rocket. Fram2 was the first crewed mission launched into a polar orbit; the majority of orbits are more or less equatorial. The Resilience was equipped with the panoramic cupola that had first flown on Inspiration4 (2021).

After approximately fifty-five orbits, the Resilience splashed down in the Pacific & was recovered by the M.V. Shannon.

Wang, Mikkelsen, Rogge, & Philips were all rookies.

Fram2 was the fourth flight of the Resilience; three of those four flights were private, & did not visit the International Space Station.

Bonus! Song o' the Day: Fram2 & the Resilience
Dance Hall Crashers, "North Pole" from the The Old Record (1989-1992) compilation (Space Cadet Mike Papa Whiskey)

Commentary: Fram2 was the namesake of the Fram, the ship Fridtjof Nansen had built for his Arctic explorations & which later carried Roald Amundsen's South Pole-conquering expedition to Antarctica.

The Wayback Machine Tour of Launch America
2020
Demo-2 Launch
Demo-2 Splashdown
Crew-1 Launch
2021
Crew-1 Relocation
Crew-2 Launch
Crew-1 Splashdown
Inspiration4 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-2 Splashdown
Crew-3 Launch
2022
Ax-1 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-4 Launch
Crew-3 Splashdown
Crew-5 Launch
Crew-4 Splashdown
2023
Crew-6 Scrub
Crew-6 Launch
Crew-5 Splashdown
Ax-2 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-7 Launch
Crew-6 Splashdown
2024
Ax-3 Launch & Splashdown
Crew-7 Splashdown
Crew-8 Launch & Splashdown
Boe-C.F.T. Launch & Landing
Polaris Dawn Launch & Splashdown
Crew-9 Launch & Splashdown
2025
Crew-10 Launch & Splashdown

Godspeed & welcome back to the good Earth, Fram2!