The Pic of the Day: The business end of a rocket

The Pic of the Day: The business end of a rocket

An Orbital ATK rocket rolls out to Launch Pad-0A at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on May 17, 2018, in advance of a May 21 launch from Wallops Island, VA. The Antares will launch a Cygnus spacecraft on a cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. The mission is Orbital ATK’s ninth contracted cargo delivery […]

The Pic of the Day: Israeli airstrike in Gaza City

The Pic of the Day: Israeli airstrike in Gaza City

Smoke rises in the background following an Israeli airstrike on a governmental building in Gaza City, Saturday, July 14, 2018. The Israeli military carried out its largest daytime airstrike campaign in Gaza since the 2014 war as Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel, threatening to spark a wider conflagration after weeks of tensions […]

The Pic of the Day: Selfies in space

The Pic of the Day: Selfies in space

NASA astronaut Ricky Arnold (@astro_ricky) took this selfie during the May 16, 2018, spacewalk to perform upgrades on the International Space Station, saying in a tweet “An amazing view of our one and only planet. #Spacewalk #EVA50.” Arnold and fellow spacewalker Drew Feustel donned spacesuits and worked for more than six hours outside the station to finish upgrading […]

The Pic of the Day: Fighting wildfires in California

The Pic of the Day: Fighting wildfires in California

An air tanker drops retardant while fighting to stop the Ferguson Fire from reaching homes in the Darrah community of unincorporated Mariposa Count, Calif., Wednesday, July 25, 2018. AP Photo/Noah Berger See footage of the wildfires burning in California below:  

The Pic of the Day: Flash flooding in Athens

The Pic of the Day: Flash flooding in Athens

Cars float in floodwater in an open parking area in northern Athens, Thursday, July 26, 2018, after a sudden downpour caused flash floods. The flash flood comes three days after a devastating wildfire northeast of Athens killed at least 82 people and injured more than 180. AP Photo/Panagiotis Michalopoylos See footage of the flooding in […]

Watch: Inside the Myanmar monsoons

Watch: Inside the Myanmar monsoons

Monsoons have struck Myanmar/Burma, pouring relentless rain and causing massive flooding all across the country. Reports indicate that approximately 120,000 people have been displaced, driven from their homes in hopes of seeking shelter elsewhere; so far 11 people have been confirmed dead as a result of the flooding. I spoke to several aid workers in […]

‘Hunter Killer’ could be a return to the heyday of military fiction

‘Hunter Killer’ could be a return to the heyday of military fiction

There have been a number of fantastic military films released over the past decade — many of which we’ve covered on this site — but it’s hard to deny the shift in the content of these films when compared to the flicks of my childhood, growing up in the ’80s and ’90s. Today, America has […]

The Pic of the Day: Watching the next ISS crew launch aboard a Russian rocket

The Pic of the Day: Watching the next ISS crew launch aboard a Russian rocket

The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz MS-09 space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, June 6, 2018. The Russian rocket carries U.S. astronaut Serena Aunon-Chancellor, Russian cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev, and German astronaut Alexander Gerst. AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky You can watch […]

The Pic of the Day: Indian space agency tests rocket escape module

The Pic of the Day: Indian space agency tests rocket escape module

India performed the first test of its crew-escape system on July 4, 2018 (July 5 Indian time). Left: The system powers a simulated crew module into the sky. Right: The module descends under parachutes toward a splashdown in the Bay of Bengal. Image courtesy of the Indian Space Research Organisation Watch the crew-escape system test […]

The Pic of the Day: North and South Korean generals meet

The Pic of the Day: North and South Korean generals meet

In this photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, South Korean Maj. Gen. Kim Do-gyun, left, shakes hands with his North Korean counterpart Lt. Gen. An Ik San upon his arrival at the northern side of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone, North Korea, Thursday, June 14, 2018. The rival Koreas were holding rare high-level military […]

Watch: America’s fastest fighters take on the the Mach Loop in low flying passes

Watch: America’s fastest fighters take on the the Mach Loop in low flying passes

Although advanced fifth-generation platforms like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F-22 Raptor tend to dominate the headlines, workhorse fourth-generation fighters like the F/A-18 Super Hornet and F-15 Eagle remain the backbone of America’s air dominance around the globe. Despite being in operation for better than forty years, the F-15’s incredible thrust to weight ratio […]