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Private SpaceX crew set for launch to novel polar orbit around Earth

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      Elon Musk
      This is a rocket launch... while we're on our way to a rocket launch,
      Hindustan Times
      Wang said in a post on X, adding a playful glimpse of the crew's excitement ahead of their own monumental flight
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      With the same pioneering spirit as early polar explorers, we aim to bring back new data and knowledge to advance the long-term goals of space exploration,
      Newsweek
      Wang said in a statement
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      All I can say is that we are in full swing with the project and we have a group with many international scientists, Facebook aurora community leaders, and photographers who will help us with the real-time monitoring,
      Newsweek
      Herlingshaw told Newsweek
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      We will certainly be following here, we have a launch party planned and then we are right into monitoring. We have three people here on eight-hour shifts during the mission,
      Newsweek
      said Herlingshaw, a researcher in Upper Atmospheric Physics at the University Center in Svalbard
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      Much like Fridtjof Nansen, who led a groundbreaking logistical operation during his historic Fram expedition in the 1800s, the science and research projects onboard will inform how we prepare for future missions, ultimately helping make space more accessible to us all,
      Newsweek
      he said, referring to the Norwegian polar explorer
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      One, your body isn’t used to being in microgravity. And so for that reason, it probably is challenging for it to get comfortable at first,
      CNN
      Rosenberg said
    • 88:88
      Eric Donovan
      That’s one of the things that maybe is a good thing in self-funded spaceflight: because it’s self-funded, you can do whatever you want,
      CNN
      Donovan said
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      There’s nothing unique to a polar orbit, (and) the science advantages are kind of overblown,
      CNN
      Prussing noted as evidence for his skepticism about this flight
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      This is a private mission. You need something to say that’s different and exciting about it,
      CNN
      said Dr. Christopher Combs, associate dean of research at the Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design at the University of Texas at San Antonio
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      I would not expect that ovulation would be normal for those women who are in space,
      CNN
      Prior said via email
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      It could impact their ability to perform as well as they otherwise would,
      CNN
      said Torin Clark, an associate professor of aerospace engineering sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, who is leading the motion sickness research
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      I certainly think that REM (sleep) is going to be disrupted,
      CNN
      as well ... Rosenberg told CNN
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      My own journey has been shaped by lifelong curiosity and the fascination with pushing boundaries,
      CNN
      Chun said Friday during an audio-only Spaces event on X, the social media platform owned by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk
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      It’s interesting that nobody’s ever actually done a true polar orbit, ... and it ... it’s great that we’ve got commercial providers that are making space travel increasingly routine.”
      CNN
      Combs added
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      At the very least, the stressors involved would likely shorten the luteal phase,
      CNN
      she said, referring to the stretch of time after ovulation and before the start of a woman’s menstruation
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      Anyone can join. Where you go outside, if there is aurora where you live … you will take a photo of the aurora at the same time as we on the Fram2 flight fly over the aurora,
      CNN
      she said