The polar submersible is designed to descend through a hole in the hull of the Tan Suo San Hao (Explorer Three), a polar research vessel developed by the China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s ...

South Street Seaport Museum will present Queer History: Polar Exploration. Learn all about queer maritime and polar history in this evening of free talks in this mini-symposium presented by the ...

The SpaceX Fram2 crew, who embarked on their mission from Kennedy Space Center in Florida this past March, made a return to Earth on Friday. The crew of four astronauts flew in a polar orbit for ...

SpaceX has flown satellites into polar orbit from Florida before, using a dogleg maneuver that required SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket to fly eastward over the Atlantic Ocean before veering sharply to ...

They also used professional cameras, laptops, and iPhones to capture imagery of the polar wilderness below. Hello, Antarctica. Unlike previously anticipated, from 460 km above, it is only pure ...

In 1939, the U.S. set out to dominate polar exploration with the massive Antarctic Snow Cruiser — a futuristic, tank-sized machine meant to glide over the harshest terrain on Earth. Instead, it ...

The extreme climates these explorers experienced is continuous with climate change today. Polar exploration writing, Blum contends, offers strategies for confronting and reckoning with the extreme ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.

The Viper (Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration) vehicle at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on July 7, 2024. On July 17, 2024, NASA said it is canceling the water-seeking moon rover ...

The mission is named after the famous polar exploration ship Fram, which completed voyages to the Arctic and Antarctica. The launch crew includes commander Chun Wang of Malta, vehicle commander ...

The four private astronauts aboard the SpaceX's Fram2 mission sent back this image of Antartica and the south pole region of Earth. They are the first-ever humans to enter polar orbit and see both ...