Elon Musk’s Spacex sent a staff of four private astronauts on the first manned space flight to oust Earth poles, on a bankroll mission and led by a wealthy crypto investor.
Chun Wang, the Chinese -born Maltese businessman who founded Bitcoin (Btc) Mining pool F2Pool, paid and leading the “Fram2” mission of Spacex, named after a 19th-century Norwegian Arctic Exploration Ship.
Wang and three others exploded from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:46 AM UTC on April 1, in a three to five -day orbit that would be the first person Space Mission to fly north and south poles.
Liftoff of Fram2 and the @framonauts! pic.twitter.com/xbl5jucnhq
– Spacex (@spacex) April 1, 2025
Wang did not reveal how much he paid for Spacex for flying, but he brought German scientist Rabea Rogge, Norwegian cinematographer Jannicke Mikkelsen and Australian Arctic adventurer Eric Philips.
Spacex said the crew will also conduct 22 experiments-including taking the first X-ray in space and growing mushrooms-designed to inform the Human health in space and the effects of flight of space for a long time.
Chun Wang (right) rides on the capsule of the Spacex Dragon with Jannicke Mikkelsen (Gena-Aland), Rabea Rogge (Center-Left) and Eric Philips (left). Source: Spacex
Wang was born in China but Says In 2023 he became a citizen of Malta. He founded F2Pool in 2013, which was one of China’s first bitcoin Mining pools and currently fourth the largest in one side of the market just under 10%, According to in mempool.space.
He went to create Ethereum Staking pool Provider stakefish in 2018, which is the beaconchain Data The shows are currently eighth largest pools, boasting around 2,025 validators.
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After the explosion from Florida, it took Wang and his staff less than 30 minutes to reach the southern pole flying around 265 miles (430 kilometers) above the ground. They hope to fully round the world about every one and a half hours.
The Spacex Dragon Capsule will be dropped off the coast of California after the mission, which will be the first for the company.
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