Pectra is live and so are the new features on our Ethereum staking dashboard!
• Compound staking up to 2048 ETH per validator.
• Onchain staking support to speed up staking activation to 13 minutes.
• Top-up feature for compound validators.
• Partial withdrawals for compound validators.
• Updates to our MEV/fee smoothing pool to support compound validators.
• Feature to consolidate existing validators into compound validators.
🎂 f2pool turns 12 today!
A heartfelt thank you to all our miner friends, your support drives us forward. ❤️
Every block mined marks a new step in our shared journey. Here’s to many more milestones we’ll reach together! 🚀
Thrilled to receive our astronaut wings from SpaceX.
Though it wasn’t a competition, I have to admit that I felt a bit nervous watching @Gillis_SarahE play the violin in space—As our precedent mission, Polaris Dawn has set such an incredible standard—brilliantly planned and flawlessly executed.
Today, I feel pride in our crew, and I can confidently say that Fram2 has accomplished everything it set out to accomplish.
Our mission was about more than just us—it was about delivering a message: space is not staged; it’s real and within reach. In this exciting new era of commercial spaceflight, the dream of becoming an astronaut is no longer limited to a select few. It’s now a possibility for anyone, from anywhere.
I never dared to imagine that the four of us—none of us American, and one even originally from a hostile country—could find ourselves aboard the Falcon 9 and the Dragon, a testament to American society’s inclusivity. I’m deeply grateful for the support of everyone at SpaceX, Elon, NASA, and the American public in general to make this happen. Because this mission has turned not just my space dream come true, but also my American dream come true. 💪
Watch Dragon and the @framonauts return to Earth after orbiting the Earth’s poles for almost four days → https://t.co/vSt6tfeLZG https://t.co/ERTGAPJwke
Flight Day 4
I woke up early and watched the launch of Starlink Group 11-13 on YouTube. Shortly after, SpaceX contacted us and informed us that we would be flying over Mongolia during the second stage deorbit burn. We opened the cupola and tried to observe the event, but had no luck. Still, we all enjoyed the view as we flew from the Bay of Bengal all the way to the Arctic.
I often say Fram2 is a Svalbard mission. We @framonauts all met on Svalbard, and we love the ice. The mission was planned when I lived there, and we fly polar because, in an ISS-like orbit, we are unable to see where we live. From this perspective, the mission has perfectly achieved its goal.
The ride to orbit was much smoother than I had anticipated. Apart from the final minute before SECO, I barely felt any G-forces—it honestly felt like just another flight.
I had imagined it would feel like being in an elevator that suddenly drops, but that sensation never came. If I hadn’t set free Tyler, the polar bear zero-gravity indicator, I might not have realized we were already weightless. I think being tightly strapped into our seat buckets made the transition less noticeable.
The first few hours in microgravity weren’t exactly comfortable. Space motion sickness hit all of us—we felt nauseous and ended up vomiting a couple of times. It felt different from motion sickness in a car or at sea. You could still read on your iPad without making it worse. But even a small sip of water could upset your stomach and trigger vomiting.
Rabea spent some time on the ham radio, making contact with Berlin. No one asked opening the cupola on the first day—we were all focused on managing the motion sickness. We had a movie night watching our own launch and went to sleep a bit earlier than scheduled. We all slept really well.
By the second morning, I felt completely refreshed. The trace of motion sickness is all gone. We had breakfast, took a few X-ray images, and opened the cupola three minutes after midnight UTC—right above the South Pole.
Stay tuned.