The first manned spacecraft to orbit the earth’s poles has shared its first footage – but looking at the four crew members, it’s easy to see why the early footage is so mesmerizing. SpaceX’s Fram2 may be the first manned flight without a licensed pilot with prior aviation experience, but the crew also includes the first professional cinematographer to go to space, Jannicke Mikkelsen.
According to CBS News, the privately funded SpaceX Fram2 flight is the first manned crew that doesn’t include a licensed pilot, although all four of the civilian crew members spent more than a year training for the mission. Professional filmmaker Mikkelsen, who sits in the vehicle commander’s role, joins entrepreneur and adventurer Chun Wang (mission commander), artic robotics researcher Rabea Rogge (vehicle pilot), and polar explorer Eric Phillips (mission specialist and medical officer).
