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Toronto Sun
09-08-2025
- Science
- Toronto Sun
Astronauts return to Earth with SpaceX after 5 months at the International Space Station
Published Aug 09, 2025 • 1 minute read This image provided by NASA shows, from left, NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 members JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov posing for a portrait inside the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft that carried them to the International Space Station and will return them back to Earth. (NASA via AP) AP Four astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday after hustling to the International Space Station five months ago to relieve the stuck test pilots of Boeing's Starliner. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Their SpaceX capsule parachuted into the Pacific off the Southern California coast a day after departing the orbiting lab. 'Welcome home,' SpaceX Mission Control radioed. Splashing down were NASA's Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, Japan's Takuya Onishi and Russia's Kirill Peskov. They launched in March as replacements for the two NASA astronauts assigned to Starliner's botched demo. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Starliner malfunctions kept Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams at the space station for more than nine months instead of a week. NASA ordered Boeing's new crew capsule to return empty and switched the pair to SpaceX. They left soon after McClain and her crew arrived to take their places. Wilmore has since retired from NASA. Before leaving the space station on Friday, McClain made note of 'some tumultuous times on Earth' with people struggling. 'We want this mission, our mission, to be a reminder of what people can do when we work together, when we explore together,' she said. McClain looked forward to 'doing nothing for a couple of days' once back home in Houston. High on her crewmates' wish list: hot showers and juicy burgers. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It was SpaceX's third Pacific splashdown with people on board, but the first for a NASA crew in 50 years. Elon Musk's company switched capsule returns from Florida to California's coast earlier this year to reduce the risk of debris falling on populated areas. Back-to-back private crews were the first to experience Pacific homecomings. The last time NASA astronauts returned to the Pacific from space was during the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz mission, a detente meet-up of Americans and Soviets in orbit. Columnists Toronto Blue Jays World Editorials Sunshine Girls
India Today
08-08-2025
- Science
- India Today
Watch LIVE: Four astronauts to undock for fiery return after six months in space
Nasa's SpaceX Crew-10 mission is set to conclude after a successful six-month stay aboard the International Space Station (ISS).The four astronauts, Nasa's Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, are scheduled to undock their Dragon Endurance spacecraft from the station on August 8, 2025, marking the end of their groundbreaking expedition in CREW-10 UNDOCK FROM SPACE STATION LIVE The undocking is targeted for around 5:35 a.m. IST on August 9 after the crew completed a comprehensive handover with the incoming Crew-11 undocking, the nearly day-long journey back to Earth will culminate in a splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on August 9, a first for a Crew Dragon mission in several on March 14, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Crew-10 has contributed significantly to advancing scientific knowledge and technology demonstrations aboard the ISS. Their work encompassed hundreds of experiments spanning biology, material science, and human physiology, key research that supports future long-duration missions to the Moon, Mars, and their studies were investigations of how microgravity impacts plant growth and protein yields in microalgae, vital for sustaining life on long-term the Crew-10 astronauts prepared for their journey home, they reflected on the mission's success and the spirit of international collaboration that defines the ISS program. Pilot Nichole Ayers described the experience as "an amazing" chapter full of Crew-11 docked to the zenith port, we have a great view of our Dragon. Here's a night pass with a view of Endurance from Endeavor. Also, look at the shadow from the Moon! Nichole 'Vapor' Ayers (@Astro_Ayers) August 7, 2025The mission underscores the reliability and growing capabilities of commercial crew flights, with SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft continuing to play a pivotal role in maintaining a continuous human presence in low Earth the Crew-10 departure, the newly arrived Crew-11 astronauts are already onboard the station, ensuring a seamless transition that keeps vital research and operations moving mission cycle exemplifies the ongoing collaboration between Nasa, its international partners, and commercial spaceflight providers to explore space and expand humanity's horizons.- EndsMust Watch
India Today
06-08-2025
- Science
- India Today
Four astronauts to undock from Space Station as six-month mission ends
After nearly six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), Nasa's SpaceX Crew-10 astronauts are preparing to conclude their science-filled mission,The undocking from the flying laboratory is scheduled for 9:35p.m. IST on Thursday, August return marks the end of a groundbreaking period in orbit for the four-member international crew, comprised of Nasa's Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers, JAXA astronaut Takuya Onishi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill The Crew-10 mission launched on March 14, 2025, from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, aboard SpaceX's Dragon Endurance spacecraft. Over the course of nearly 180 days, the astronauts contributed to hundreds of scientific experiments and technology demonstrations, advancing research in fields ranging from biology to material work included investigating how microgravity affects plant growth and protein yields in microalgae, research critical for future long-duration missions to the Moon and to Nasa, preparations for return have been ongoing all week, with the astronauts packing scientific samples and personal items into their Dragon capsule.'I'm reflecting with a heart full of gratitude. This has been an amazing experience,' said pilot Nichole Ayers in her farewell message. For Ayers and Peskov, this flight marked their first journey into space, while McClain and Onishi were on their second ISS scheduled undocking Thursday evening will begin the spacecraft's nearly day-long return journey. After re-entry through Earth's atmosphere, Crew-10 is expected to splash down safely in the Pacific Ocean, the first such landing for a Crew Dragon mission in several years.I got the best wake-up call ever this morning when we found out Crew-11 was going to be a little early! They made it safely to the @Space_Station, and it was a beautiful rendezvous (so naturally I had to take a few photos). So happy to have our friends on board! Congrats Nichole 'Vapor' Ayers (@Astro_Ayers) August 2, 2025The move offers a safer and more remote recovery location, while allowing SpaceX mission controllers positioned in California to oversee the critical final Commercial Crew Program manager hailed the mission as a testament to international cooperation and the growing reliability of commercial spaceflight, which continues to unlock new possibilities for scientific exploration and off-world Crew-10 waves goodbye to the ISS, their successful mission paves the way for Crew-11 and fresh advances on humanity's journey in space.- EndsMust Watch
New York Post
04-07-2025
- Science
- New York Post
Astronaut photographs elusive luminous event from far above Earth
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has shared a striking photo of what is known as a Transient Luminous Event seen above a thunderstorm over Mexico and the Desert Southwest earlier in the week. NASA astronaut Nichole 'Vapor' Ayers posted the image on social media and said, 'Just. Wow. As we went over Mexico and the US this morning, I caught this sprite.' Advertisement Sprites are a type of TLE, which create brilliant flashes of light high above powerful thunderstorms and are difficult to observe from the ground. There is some debate on whether what she captured is surely a sprite or what is known as a gigantic jet – both are part of the TLE phenomena. According to NOAA, sprites are often triggered by positive cloud-to-ground lightning strikes, which produce an electric field that extends miles above a thunderstorm into the upper atmosphere. The phenomenon appears mostly red in color, lasts only a fraction of a second and occurs so high up in the atmosphere that it is rarely visible to the human eye – unless, of course, you are orbiting some 250 miles above Earth's surface. Advertisement 4 NASA astronaut Nichole 'Vapor' Ayers captured a Sprite above Earth from the International Space Station. via REUTERS 4 Nichole Ayers aboard the International Space Station in 2025. ISS/NASA / SWNS 'Sprites are TLEs, or Transient Luminous Events, that happen above the clouds and are triggered by intense electrical activity in the thunderstorms below. We have a great view above the clouds, so scientists can use these types of pictures to better understand the formation, characteristics, and relationship of TLEs to thunderstorms,' Ayers explained on social media. Gigantic jets begin inside the anvil and reach through the cloud up to the ionosphere, which represents what Ayers might have witnessed. Advertisement Why some lightning bolts trigger sprites while others do not is still poorly understood by the scientific community. Other related phenomena include elves, blue jets and ghosts, all of which are known TLEs, and occur well above Earth's surface in the stratosphere, mesosphere and even the thermosphere. 4 The phenomenon appears mostly red in color, lasts only a fraction of a second and occurs so high up in the atmosphere that it is rarely visible to the human eye – unless, of course, you are orbiting some 250 miles above Earth's surface. via REUTERS 4 The International Space Station orbiting over Earth in November 2018. NASA / SWNS Advertisement Ayers is currently stationed aboard the ISS as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission, which launched in March and is expected to remain in outer space through at least August. During the astronauts' time aboard the space observatory, the crew will conduct hundreds of scientific experiments, including testing the flammability of material and studies examining the physiological and psychological effects of space on the human body.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Thunderstorms 'as large as cities' in Southeast seen from space
Being in space is cool on its own, but imagine seeing thunderstorms as big as cities from a space perspective, too. Nasa astronaut and U.s. Army Col. Anne McClain posted video Wednesday of recent thunderstorms impacting the Southeast. The video showed the region as pitch black except for city lights and flashes of lightning as Florida's recognizable shape comes into view. "I was astounded at the scale of recent thunderstorms," McClain said in a post to X. "Some of these flashes are as large as cities!" While the exact date of the video is unclear, rounds of thunderstorms have rattled the southern and eastern states since Mother's Day weekend. Some of them shattered rainfall records in Charleston, South Carolina and Miami. Miami Roads Flood After Tropical Moisture Shatters Daily Rain Record They brought flooding rains and damaging winds to cities along the Gulf Coast, and even produced a tornado in South Carolina. Spacex Given Federal Approval To Resume Starship Megarocket Test Launch After Spectacular Explosion Storm damage was also reported in Florida, where aerial photos showed homes and buildings damaged in Holmes County. McClain was sent to space in March as part of NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 article source: Thunderstorms 'as large as cities' in Southeast seen from space
