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Hydraulics issue on strongback causes scrub of Crew-10 launch – Spaceflight Now

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Hydraulics issue on strongback causes scrub of Crew-10 launch – Spaceflight Now

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 crew members participate in a countdown dress rehearsal at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, March 9, 2025, to prepare for their upcoming launch. NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov will launch to the International Space Station aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket. Image: SpaceX Update March 12, 11:17 p.m. EDT: NASA announced March 14 at 7:03 p.m. EDT (2303 UTC) as the new target launch date. Adding NASA’s comments about the change. NASA and SpaceX were less than an hour away from the launch of a new four crew to the International Space Station on Wednesday evening when a hydraulics issue caused a missio...

“The beach was lit up BRIGHTER than if it was daylight” – My UFO Experience

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“The beach was lit up BRIGHTER than if it was daylight” – My UFO Experience

"All of a sudden, from above, a bright light shined down on us, and the beach was lit up BRIGHTER than if it was daylight. It was like stadium lights were lit up for as far as we could see. BUT it was SILENT.... We turned on the radio and heard that there were lots of UFO sightings near the area." In early 1982, my now husband and I went to Pensacola beach/Navarre Beach. We had been enjoying the day at the beach and had a blanket laid out, all of our bags, and as the sun went down, decided to stay and enjoy the evening listening to waves, and By Gerry G MorrisonThe UFO Chronicles2-8-2025 eating. We had some flashlights (small). There were no houses at the time, and it was pitch black. Just the waves were the only sound. Behind us were the sand dunes. All of a sudde...

Review – ‘The High Republic: Haunted Starlight’ Packs Huge Ramifications Inside a Strong Audio Experience

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Review – ‘The High Republic: Haunted Starlight’ Packs Huge Ramifications Inside a Strong Audio Experience

For as little effort as Disney-Lucasfilm Press has put into marketing these Star Wars Audible originals, they have quickly become something worth looking forward to. Last year’s Padawan’s Pride was a nice Obi-Wan and Anakin story. Then the High Republic publishing initiative came in and released Seeds of Starlight. That was the first part of a two-part story, revealing the dark secrets hidden inside the sunken wreckage of Starlight Beacon. In case you missed the Phase 3 memo, the Drengir are back. The recently released Haunted Starlight is the second half of this “audio-saga.” Writer George Mann has been on a tear lately, and he’s once again left his mark. Seeds of Starlight was a tightly crafted story that had several noteworthy moments. Haunted Starlight takes a little while to get go...

Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 Has Begun – TrekMovie.com

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Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 Has Begun – TrekMovie.com

| March 3, 2025 | By: TrekMovie.com Staff 57 comments so far While we wait for news on when we will see season 3, Paramount is already moving ahead on the fourth season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. The series set on Captain Pike’s USS Enterprise began production on its fourth season on Monday. Hit it on s4 News on a new season was announced officially via Star Trek social media and the official site. This was accompanied by a photo from the set on the CBS Stages Canada in Mississauga, Ontario. Anson Mount (Pike) holds a clapboard while standing next to Celia Rose Gooding (Uhura) and Ethan Peck (Spock). The post announced that: “Production on season four of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is officially underway!” The production start comes about 9 months after filmin...

Office of the Chief Information Officer drives efficiency for IT spending > United States Space Force > Article Display

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Office of the Chief Information Officer drives efficiency for IT spending > United States Space Force > Article Display

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Office of the Chief Information Officer is focused on driving value in all information technology investments across the Department of the Air Force and improving portfolio management.Cecily Odom, Enterprise IT Programming and Financial Management senior advisor, is leading the effort.In her role, Odom focuses on a wide range of financial management tasks including the development and justification of the Enterprise IT budget estimate submission, overseeing the resourcing activities of the Enterprise IT portfolio with the Strategy, Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution system, and establishing a metrics and analysis system for Enterprise IT resourcing.“I’m excited to build our efforts toward helping others underst...