A crew of four international spacefarers on a private mission will soon seek to become the first humans to travel over Earth's poles.

In contrast, the Fram2 mission's 90-degree inclination means it will pass directly over both the North and South Poles. This ...

No humans have traveled directly over the Earth's poles from space. SpaceX will attempt to launch four passengers over the Earth's poles.

Here’s a look at human spaceflight programs in the United States and around the world. Facts The United States ended its crewed space shuttle program with the launch of Atlantis on July 8, 2011, and ...

Far from staying away from the game, a five-month chess championship took place between Soviet explorers in Antarctica in ...

Expect sunny skies. The high will be 20°. Satisfactory (51-100) Primary pollutant O₃ 61 ppb Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard atmospheric pressure ...

The Spiral’s primary mission, had it made it beyond the test stage, would have been a combination of reconnaissance and ...

With the exception of the Apollo lunar missions, the North and South Poles have not been fully visible to other astronauts in ...

The Musée d'Orsay is partnering with 12 museums around France in a project that uses impressionist art to highlight climate ...

Earlier this week, reports emerged that a scientist at South Africa's SANAE IV Antarctic research base had accused a ...