Overview

• The Fram2 mission, funded by cryptocurrency entrepreneur Chun Wang, launched from Cape Canaveral on April 1, 2025, with a four-person civilian crew.
• Rabea Rogge, a 29-year-old Berlin-born electrical engineer and polar researcher, is the first German woman to travel to space.
• The mission is the first crewed spaceflight to orbit over both the North and South Poles, conducting 22 scientific experiments, including aurora studies and mushroom cultivation in microgravity.
• Fram2 represents a shift toward privatized and accessible space exploration, following SpaceX's earlier civilian missions like Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn.
• Rogge carried symbolic items into space, including a medal honoring aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal and a replica of Berlin's Freedom Bell.