The international all-civilian Fram2 crew is the first in space history to fly to orbit with no licensed pilot or trained astronaut on board.

Fram2 will send four people from four different nations to low Earth orbit for three to five days. Those crewmembers — all of them spaceflight rookies — are mission commander Chun Wang of Malta, vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen of Norway, pilot Rabea Rogge of Germany, and Australian Eric Phillips, Fram2's medical officer and mission specialist.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base is scheduled for Tuesday, April 1. The liftoff is targeted for 4:39 p.m. with backup opportunities available until 8:39 p.m. If needed, additional launch opportunities are also available on Wednesday,

During the first quarter of the year, 27 orbital rockets took flight from Florida's Space Coast. That equates to a cadence of 108 launches by year's end — a record-breaking pace that would erase last year's record of 93 annual liftoffs.

SpaceX has announced a Falcon 9 launch of 27 Starlink satellites destined for low-Earth orbit from Vandenberg SFB

The 26th could come late Monday night on what would be SpaceX’s second human spaceflight of the year after Crew-10’s launch earlier this month. That Falcon 9 is set to launch four people on the Fram2 private mission headed for what would be the first polar orbit for humans in history.

Liftoff for Tuesday’s launch of 27 Starlink satellites is set for 4:39 p.m. with backup opportunities until 8:39 p.m., the aerospace company announced.