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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Marcia Dunn

SpaceX launches world-first polar mission, funded by crypto magnate

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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