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SpaceX Private Polar Spaceflight Splashes Down to Earth
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The first human spaceflight mission to fly over Earth’s polar regions, funded and commanded by cryptocurrency investor Chun Wang, returned to Earth on Friday.
The crew of four hurtled through the atmosphere in a SpaceX Dragon capsule before falling under parachutes and splashing down off the coast of southern California a few minutes after 9 a.m. local time.