Space tourists who first flew the poles returned to the ground

Crew of four people spent 3.5 days in space

Photo: SpaceX/X

Four space tourists returned to the ground after made The first manned flight over the north and south poles of our planet.

Traveling mission SpaceX completed by landing in the Pacific near the coast of Southern California, informs Associated Press.

The place for a unique trip was purchased by the Malta cryptocurrency investor Chun Van, who refused to tell how much he paid for a 3.5-day trip. He was joined by the Norwegian director Jannike Mikkelsen, a German robe robe robes researcher and the Australian polar guide Eric Philips.

« It is so epic – contemplate the species of desert that does not end »– wrote Rabe Rogge in X (earlier – Twitter).

Chun Van said that all crew members suffered from space illness after they reached the orbit. However, the next day after awakening, they felt well and, opening the window, saw the South Pole.

Four crew members were able to watch the polar hats from the domed window, which opened a 360-degree species.

During the flight, space tourists documented the appearance of the poles from a distance of 430 kilometers, made the first x -rays in space and conducted two dozen other scientific experiments.

A astronaut group called the Fram2 mission in honor of the Norwegian sailing ship, which more than a century ago delivered researchers to the poles. Part of the original wooden deck of the boat accompanied the crew in space.

After planting the spacecraft, all four independently got out of the capsule. These tourists have become the first people in 50 years to return from space to the Pacific. Last time, three NASA astronauts during the Apollo-Soyuz mission in 1975.

Recall at the end of March to the ground returned Two NASA astronauts who had nine months in space due to the technical malfunction of the ship.