SpaceX Flight, which Crypto investors bankrolled, launched its first manned polar orbit

Elon Musk's SpaceX dispatched a crew of four private astronauts on the first manned spaceflight to orbit the Earth's poles, a mission led by wealthy crypto investors.

Chung Wang, a Chinese-born Maltese entrepreneur who founded the Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool F2 pool, paid SpaceX's “FRAM2” mission, named after the Norwegian Arctic exploration ship of the 19th century, and is the main SpaceX's “FRAM2” mission.

The King and three others blasted from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 1:46am on April 1 in a three- to five-day orbit that would be the first human space mission to fly through the Arctic and Antarctica.

Lift off of FRAM2 and @framonauts! pic.twitter.com/xbl5jucnhq

– SpaceX (@Spacex) April 1, 2025

The king has not revealed how much flight he paid SpaceX, but he has brought in German polar scientist Rabea Rogge, Norwegian cinematographer Jannicke Mikkelsen, and Australia's Arctic adventurer Eric Philips.

SpaceX said the crew would also perform 22 experiments, including the first X-rays in space and growing mushrooms. They are designed to signal the health of human space and the effects of long space flight.

The king was born in China, but in 2023 he said he became a citizen of Malta. According to Mempool.space, he founded F2Pool in 2013.

He created Stakefish for Ethereum Staking Pool Providers in 2018. This is the eighth largest pool at the moment, boasting around 2,025 baritters.

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After blowing it out of Florida, the king and his crew reached the Antarctic 265 miles (430 km) of the Earth in less than 30 minutes. They are expected to circle the Earth completely every 1.5 hours.

After Mission is finished, SpaceX Dragon Capsule will splash out from the California coast. This will be the first for the company.

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