TBD: ULA’s Vulcan launches U.S. space force missions. April could also see United Launch Alliance’s (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket launch the first of several U.S. Space Force missions. The Vulcan Centaur is the successor to ULA’s older rocket Atlas V.

SpaceX successfully launched Fram2, the first crewed mission to orbit Earth's poles, on Monday night from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The historic mission is carrying four civilians from four countries.

The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board.

A bitcoin investor is headed to space with three polar explorers on the first flight to carry people over the north and south poles

Fram2 is the first human spaceflight to explore the Earth's polar regions. It launched on top of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Chun Wang, a Chinese-born crypto entrepreneur, paid an undisclosed amount for the mission. Some satellites are already in polar orbit, and researchers called it a routine flight.

Find out the latest about SpaceX's private Fram2 polar astronaut mission for cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang.

Fram2, a first-of-its-kind private mission to send four astronauts into polar orbit around Earth, is about to launch

A unique mission called Fram2, paid for and led by a cryptocurrency billionaire who is flying with three guests, lifted off, carrying the crew into an orbit around the North and South poles. Follow live news updates.

NASA's Orion crew module test article is framed by the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Somerset as teams practice Artemis 2 recovery ops.

NASA astronauts Suni Willaims and butch Wilmore finally returns to Earth after 9 months in space. On March 19, the splashed down off the coast of Florida.

Propulsion system issues on the Starliner forced NASA to bring the capsule back without its crew last year and fold the two astronauts into the rotation schedule on the ISS. What

After nine months in space, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are readjusting to Earth life with dog walks and family time, while resuming work with Boeing to test the capsule that stranded them on the International Space Station.

Barry Wilmore said that astronauts, NASA and Boeing need to spend time analyzing the Starliner mission to improve future flights.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke publicly on Monday for the first time since their return to Earth.