No one saw Earth's poles from space in the more than 400 human spaceflight missions preceding Fram2. The closest any crew mission has gotten to the poles was the Soviet Union's Vostok 6 mission in 1963, when Valentina Tereshkova's spacecraft reached a latitude of 65.1 degrees.

Next-level views. The first humans to fly over Earth’s polar regions are sending back stunning images. A Bitcoin investor purchased a private SpaceX flight for himself and three others, which took off Monday night.

SpaceX's historic Fram2 mission, launched on March 31, marks the first-ever crewed journey to orbit Earth from pole to pole. The private astronaut crew will conduct 22 scientific experiments focused on human health in space,