From left: Eric Philips, a polar guide from Australia; Rabea Rogge, a robotics researcher from Germany; Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen and Chun Wang, a Chinese-born bitcoin investor who is paying for the whole spaceflight and now lives in Malta - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A SpaceX rocket carrying the first all-private polar mission launched Monday night from Florida, marking a new era in human spaceflight.
The mission, funded by crypto-entrepreneur Chun Wang, is the first to send a crew over both the North and South Poles.
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