Those three, known as Ax-1, Ax-2 and Ax-3, were organized by the Houston-based company Axiom Space. The other two were free flyers in Earth orbit, like Fram2 will be. Inspiration4, which launched in ...

"This mission, the Fram2 mission, is going to be the first all-civilian free-flyer mission to orbit the poles of Earth, which makes it very unique," Dr. Emmanuel Urquieta said. He is the vice ...