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After adjusting to microgravity—and getting through a few bouts of vomiting—the astronauts got to work in polar orbit.

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Although it was only briefly seen during the live webcast of its launch, the Fram2 mission's zero-gravity indicator was instantly recognizable. The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit around ...