The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around Earth chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator — a plush white *polar* bear. But given that the four-member Fram2 crew is ...

The first humans to orbit Earth’s polar regions showed off some impressive photos and videos of Earth’s ice caps, x-rays and more during the Fram2 mission. “Hello, Antarctica. Unlike ...

If I hadn’t set free Tyler, the polar bear zero-gravity indicator, I might not have realized we were already weightless.” During the nearly four-day mission, Wang, Mikkelsen, Rogge ...

The four crew members of the private Fram2 mission returned to Earth on Friday after spending more than 3½ days circling the planet on the first human spaceflight on a polar orbit. The SpaceX ...

She did so aboard a SpaceX rocket flying directly over Earth's polar regions for the first time. Rabea Rogge made history on Monday as the first German woman in space, launching aboard a SpaceX ...

A popular Arctic-themed exhibit at Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park Zoo is getting provincial funding to help its polar bears stay cool. Manitoba environment minister Mike Moyes announced Wednesday ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A bitcoin investor who bought a SpaceX flight for himself and three polar explorers blasted off Monday night on the first rocket ride to carry people over the North ...

A SpaceX capsule carrying four private astronauts who orbited the north and south poles landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California on Friday. It was the first human ...

An April cold snap is expected to bring unusually cold temperatures to the eastern half of the US next week. The cold snap could impact new spring vegetation and lead to frost in some areas.

SpaceX launched the first human spaceflight directly over Earth's polar regions on Monday -- a days-long, privately funded orbital mission involving four astronauts. Named "Fram2" after the famed ...