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SpaceX's Fram2 launch sends civilian crew into first flight around Earth's poles
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The crew includes a Norwegian cinematographer, a German robotics expert and an Australian adventurer.
The Crew Dragon is expected to fly over the North and South Poles 55 times between Monday night and Friday .
It's the third privately funded civilian space tourism flight by SpaceX.
The Fram2 mission is named after a 19th century sailing ship that carried arctic pioneers to the polar regions in the 1800s .
The crew plans to carry out 22 experiments during the flight, ranging from growing oyster mushrooms in microgravity and taking the first X-rays in space.
The crew is equipped with four iPad Minis , two iPhone Pro Max cellphones, three laptop computers, a ham radio.
The 273-mile -high orbit will allow 55 passes above the poles between launch and splashdown.
The public is invited to photograph auroras at the same time Fram2 is capturing the view from space.
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