A SpaceX Falcon 9 topped by Crew Dragon Resilience carrying four civilian astronauts, lifted off at 0146 UTC on Apr. 1, from Launch Complex-39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

The Fram2 mission to polar orbit is commanded by cryptocurrency businessman Chun Wang of Malta, and includes vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen, a Norwegian filmmaker, pilot Rabea Rogge, a German robotics researcher, and mission specialist Eric Phillips, an Australian medical officer.

"Dragon, on behalf of the Falcon team, we're honored to deliver you safely to your polar orbit," Bill Gerstenmaier, vice president of build and flight reliability at SpaceX, told the Fram2 crew shortly after spacecraft separation.

"Enjoy the views of the poles," he added. "Send us some pictures, and our hearts and minds will be flying with you as you go over the poles. Have a great flight!"

The crew will spend the next three to five days circling above the planet's most remote locations, to see the poles like no other human ever has.

The mission aims to conduct 22 scientific experiments, including the first attempt to grow mushrooms in space and the first on-orbit X-ray of a human body.

The crew will also observe and study aurora-like phenomena such as STEVE and green fragments. Other experiments will investigate the effects of microgravity on the human musculoskeletal system during spaceflight.

"Fram2 is the second mission to test laser-based communications using @Starlink," SpaceX announced on X. "The crew will access the internet via a Starlink router installed in the cargo area."

Fram2 is named after the late 19th century Norwegian seafaring ship "Fram," which explored the Arctic and Antarctic regions at the turn of the 20th century. ("Fram" is Norwegian for "forward" or "onward"). The mission carries on the exploration spirit of its ocean-going predecessor.

The mission will end in around five days with a Pacific Ocean splashdown of Resilience — the first for a SpaceX astronaut mission. Its other crewed flights have all landed off the coast of Florida, but the company is shifting Dragon returns to the West Coast to minimize the chances that pieces of the capsule could hurt people or damage property on the way down to Earth.

"Dragon and the crew will launch to a 90° circular orbit from Florida, and travel to ~440 km above Earth to explore the polar regions of our plane," Space announced on X, just before liftoff

"Fram2 is also the second mission to fly with Dragon’s cupola," the company explained. "At nearly 4’ wide, the cupola is the largest continuous window in space, providing 360° views"

Ashley St. Clair, the mother of Elon Musk’s child, says she is selling her $100,000 Tesla car, which was a gift from Musk during their relationship. This, she claimed, is to make up for a shortfall in payments, after the Tesla CEO allegedly cut her child support payments in half.

Ashley, who apparantly called the paparazzi on herself outside of her ritzy manhattan condo, also alluded to ongoing violent far-left attacks on Tesla. "You can check the stocks. I'm not the only one cleaning up after Elon's messes," she told the paparazzi, Monday.

The Jewish social media influencer announced on Feb, 14,, that she had given birth to Musk's then 13th child five months earlier. The Tesla CEO and girlfriend Shivon Zilis have since announced his 14th child.

"I don’t know if the child is mine or not, but am not against finding out," Musk wrote on X. "No court order is needed. Despite not knowing for sure, I have given Ashley $2.5M and am sending her $500k/year."

To which she replied, "Elon, we asked you to confirm paternity through a test before our child (who you named) was even born. You refused. And you weren’t sending *me* money, you were sending support for your child that you thought was necessary… until you withdrew most of it to maintain control and punish me for “disobedience.” But you’re really only punishing your son. It’s ironic that your last effort in court was to try to gag me while you use a social media channel you literally own to distribute derogatory messages about me and our child to the entire world. It’s all about control with you, and everyone can see it. America needs you to grow up, you petulant man-child."

In what political observers call a blatantly anti-democratic legal witch hunt, Marine Le Pen, the leader of France's populist National Rally party, has been sentenced to four years in prison, with two years to be served under house arrest, and fined $108,000 for "embezzling" European Union funds. She has also been banned from running for public office for five years, effectively disqualifying her from the 2027 presidential election which polls show her leading.

Le Pen was found guilty of misusing EU funds to pay for party workers between 2004 and 2016. The court ruled that her party, the National Rally, had illegally used European Parliament money for its own benefit, causing a loss of $4,870,000 to European taxpayers.

The sentencing is seen as a coordinated and fascistic attempt by far-left judges and EU bureaucrats to derail Le Pen's political career, as she was considered a leading contender for the 2027 presidential election. Her lawyer has announced that she will appeal the verdict, but the ban will remain in effect during the appeals process.

The National Rally has been fined $2,164,000, and another $1,082,000 has been confiscated. The party will need to run another candidate for the 2027 presidential election, which could significantly alter the political landscape in France.

Le Pen has denounced the verdict as a "political decision" and a "denial of democracy." She left the courtroom before her full sentence was read and has vowed to continue her political fight. Populist leaders across Europe, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, have expressed support for her.

The populist leader joins others like her who have been targeted by far-left prosecutors and judges, in brazen attempts that undermine the people's trust in the democratic process.

"This is a big deal," U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, Monday responding to a question about Le Pen's sentencing. "A lot of people thought she wasn't going to be convicted of anything... that sounds very much like this country," he added, referencing the legal witch hunt against him by far-left prosecutors during the Joe Biden presidency.