SpaceX Fram2 mission ends with splashdown in Pacific Ocean

SpaceX tourists return to Earth after a private trip that orbited the poles

Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour.Bitcoin investor Chun Wang chartered a SpaceX flight for himself and three others in a Dragon capsule that was outfitted with a domed window that provided 360-degree views of the polar caps and everything in between. Wang declined to say how much he paid for the 3 1/2-day trip.The quartet, …

In Retrospect: Astronaut’s mother a celebrity in Boulder

The recent return of astronauts from the International Space Station recalls the excitement in Boulder on May 24, 1962, when Boulder native Scott Carpenter became the second American (after John Glenn) to orbit the Earth. Silvia Pettem / In Retrospect While Scott was in space, his mother was sequestered in her home in Boulder’s Mapleton Trailer Park. She soon became a celebrity. Scott splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean. But the big splash, in t…

This was the first time that a SpaceX manned flight orbited both poles of the Earth.

Four space tourists return to Earth after private flight over the poles

Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour.Bitcoin investor Chun Wang chartered a SpaceX flight for himself and three others in a Dragon

Four space tourists orbit Earth's north and south poles

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the Pacific to end their privately funded polar tour.

SpaceX tourists return to Earth after historic flight

Bitcoin investor Chun Wang took three people on board his private SpaceX flight, which went on a novel journey around the Earth's poles.