https://spacewatch.global/tag/rabea-rogge/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Mon, 07 Apr 2025 13:10:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/rabea-rogge/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/fram2-mission-concludes-as-framonauts-splashdown-off-california/ Mon, 07 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64737 The Fram2 crew have safely splashed down (at 16:19 a.m. GMT) off the coast of Oceanside, California. The crew concluded the first human spaceflight mission to explore Earth from a polar orbit and fly over the Earth’s polar regions. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2025/04/fram2-polar-exploration-mission-launches-first-german-woman-to-space/ Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:00:29 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=64656 In the early hours of today, SpaceX's Falcon 9 launched the Fram2 mission to polar orbit, lifting off at 1:46 am (Monday, 9:46 p.m. ET). The crew included Mission Commander Chun Wang, Vehicle Commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, Vehicle Pilot Rabea Rogge, the first German woman in space, and Mission Specialist and Medical Officer Eric Philips. ]]> https://spacewatch.global/2024/08/spacex-announces-fram2-crewed-mission-to-polar-orbit/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 06:00:32 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=56583 SpaceX has announced Dragon’s sixth commercial astronaut mission, Fram2, which will be the first human spaceflight mission to explore Earth from a polar orbit and fly over the Earth’s polar regions for the first time. SpaceX named the mission in honor of the ship that helped explorers first reach Earth’s Arctic and Antarctic regions. Falcon 9 will consequently launch Fram2 to a polar orbit from Florida no earlier than late 2024.]]>