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SpaceX's Fram2 mission will aim for the poles

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The Fram2 mission will be the first human spaceflight to fly directly over the Earth 's poles.

The three-to-five-day sojourn is scheduled to launch from NASA 's Kennedy Space Center in Florida no earlier than Monday at 11:20 p.m. EDT .

The mission is expected to reach a 90-degree orbit - the highest inclination ever achieved by a crewed spacecraft - flying directly between the poles in as little as 46 minutes .

The crew will study unexplained green and purple light emissions known as STEVE .

The Fram2 mission will be the sixth private spaceflight for SpaceX's Dragon.

The goal is to study what astronauts can do on their own once they return to solid ground.

The crew will also gauge ways to restrict blood flow that could reduce muscle and bone density loss.

If it flies Monday , it would break the record for fastest turnaround between crewed launches from the same pad.

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