New Delhi, April 1 -- SpaceX on March 31 made history with the launch of the Fram2 mission, sending its first private astronaut crew on a groundbreaking journey to orbit Earth from pole to pole, a trajectory never attempted before by humans.

This mission, a major step in private space exploration, marks the first time that astronauts will fly over Earth's polar regions, performing a series of scientific experiments while traveling in a novel orbital path.

The Falcon 9 rocket launched at 9:46 p.m. ET from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the private astronauts aboard the Dragon spacecraft. Following the launch, the Falcon 9 first stage successfully landed on the A Shortfall of Gravitas droneship in the Atlantic Ocean.

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