On Christmas Eve, during 10 orbits of the moon, the three astronauts broadcast to millions around the world photographs of Earth rising above the lunar horizon, appearing like a blue marble amid the blackness of the sky. But only Major Anders, who oversaw their spacecraft’s electronic and communications systems, shot color film.
His photo shook the world. Called “Earthrise,” it was reproduced on a 1969 postage stamp bearing the words “In the beginning God …” was the inspiration for the first Earth Day in 1970 and appeared on the cover of Life magazine’s 2003 book, “100 Photographs.” It changed the world.”
Moments before Major Anders began to drift away, the astronauts could hear the capture. Internal RegistrarThey express their awe at what they saw:
Anders: Oh my god! Look at that picture there. Here comes the earth. Wow, that’s beautiful.
Borman: [chuckle] Hey, don’t take it, it’s not planned.
Anders: [laughter] Have you got a color picture, Jim? Give me that color roll quickly. …
Lovell: Oh man, that’s great.
In an interview in 2015, decades later Forbes magazine, Major Anders said of Earthrise: “The scene points to the beauty of Earth and its fragility. It helped launch the environmental movement.
But he said he was surprised by how much the public’s memory of the figures behind the photo had faded. “I find it interesting that the press and the public have forgotten about our history-making journey, and now the symbol of flight is the film ‘Earthrise,'” he said. “Here we come to the moon to find Earth.”
Concluding their Christmas Eve broadcast, the Apollo 8 astronauts read from the first chapter of the book of Genesis.
Peacock was honored Friday night as a guest star on the daytime drama series for his role as amnesiac Timothy Robichaux in “Days of Our Lives.”
“I can’t believe it. I feel like a spy from late-night television,” he said. “I’m 98 years old. Can you believe it? That’s actually tops 80 years of life in the business. If I’d known I’d lived this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”
“General Hospital” won four trophies, including its fourth straight award for Best Daytime Drama. This is the second time in the program’s 61-year history that ABC has won four consecutive daytime drama trophies.
Van Dyck portrayed the amnesiac Timothy Robichaux in Peacock’s “Days of Our Lives” last fall. NBCU
Robert Gossett of “General Hospital” took home the award for supporting actor. He was honored a second time for his role as Marshall Ashford, the first cousin of the late Oscar-winning actor Louis Gossett Jr.
“General Hospital” also won the directing and writing categories.
Van Dyke has won four Primetime Emmys, including three in the 1960s for his classic comedy series “The Dick Van Dyke Show.” Getty Images for NATAS
Thorsten Kaye of “The Bold and the Beautiful” earned his second straight lead actor win for his portrayal of Ridge Forrester.
“I have to be very honest. I don’t like award shows. I didn’t like award shows until tonight,” he said. You need a great boss who sees and listens to you. You need actors who can tolerate you. You need an entire village that agrees they’re not going to let you drown. I have all these.
Van Dyke’s appearance on the show came about through his budding friendship with IRL gym buddy Drake Hogestin, who played John Black on the show. NBCU
Michelle Stafford of “The Young and the Restless” won the best actress award for Phyllis Summers, her first trophy in 2004.
“I’m proud to be an actor. It’s a great show. It’s a privilege,” she said. “I’m proud to entertain people.”
Van Dyke received a standing ovation when he used a cane to walk to the podium with his wife, Arlene, holding the trophy.
Van Dyke beat out last year’s winner Ally Mills of “General Hospital,” Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Free’s “Neighbors,” Lyndon Ashby of “The Young and the Restless” and Ashley Jones of “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Getty Images for NATAS
“I brought this girl because she was also on the show,” he said. “She played the cop who arrested me.”
Producer Norman Lear was 100 years old when he received his final Primetime Emmy nomination in 2022 and died the following year.
Van Dyke has won four Primetime Emmys, including three in the 1960s for his classic comedy series “The Dick Van Dyke Show.”
Van Dyke beat out last year’s winner Ally Mills of “General Hospital,” Australian actor Guy Pearce of Amazon Free’s “Neighbors,” Lyndon Ashby of “The Young and the Restless” and Ashley Jones of “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
“The Kelly Clarkson Show” continued its dominance in the daytime program category with its fourth straight win. The singer, who moved her show from Los Angeles to New York last year, was on hand to collect the trophy.
“General Hospital” won four trophies, including its fourth straight award for Best Daytime Drama. It is the second time in the program’s 61-year history that ABC has won four consecutive daytime drama trophies. Chris Picello/Invision/APThorsten Kaye of “The Bold and the Beautiful” earned his second straight lead actor win for his portrayal of Ridge Forrester. Getty Images for NATAS
“The move was great not just for me and my family, but for our entire show,” he said of NBC. “Thank you for thinking about mental health, not just a product.”
Courtney Hope, who played Sally Spectra in “The Young and the Restless,” took home supporting actress honors. She originated the role on “The Bold and the Beautiful” in 2017 before moving to “Y&R” in 2020.
Melody Thomas Scott and her producer-husband Edward Scott, who played Nicky Newman on “The Young and the Restless” for 45 years, were honored with lifetime achievement awards. Scott worked at “Y&R” for several years before landing his current job on “The Bold and the Beautiful.”
“I can’t tell you how inspiring something like that is,” joked Thomas Scott, who made his acting debut at age 8 in Alfred Hitchcock’s “Marnie.”
Michelle Stafford of “The Young and the Restless” won the best actress award for Phyllis Summers, her first trophy in 2004. Getty Images for NATAS
Her husband told the crowd, “I promise I’ll do my best to try to keep surprising you.”
The husband-and-wife team of Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos won the daytime talk series package for their “Live with Kelly and Mark.” Ina Gordon won the best cooking series for “Be My Guest” on the Food Network.
The ceremony, which honors soap operas, talk and game shows, was broadcast live on CBS from The Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles.
The 51st annual Daytime Emmys returned to their regular spot on the calendar, six months after the show’s 50th edition aired in December, which was pushed back by last year’s Hollywood writers and actors’ strikes.
After more than four decades, thousands of episodes, tens of thousands of contestants and hundreds of millions of dollars in prizes, the wheel of fortune finally stopped spinning for Pat Sajak.
Sajak’s last episode as host of “Wheel of Fortune” aired Friday night. He hosted nearly 8,000 episodes as he and co-star Vanna White turned what fans call “The Wheel” into one of the most popular game shows in television history and a staple of American culture.
In A farewell message Posted before the show, Sajak thanked generations of viewers for inviting him “night after night, year after year, decade after decade.”
“It’s an incredible privilege,” he said. Sajak declined an interview request from The Washington Post.
After 41 years as the legendary host of “Wheel of Fortune,” Pat Sajak retired on June 7. (Video: AP)
“Wheel of Fortune” began as a daytime show in 1975, originally hosted by Chuck Woolery and Susan Stafford. But Woolery left in 1981 due to a contract dispute, and show creator Merv Griffin looked to Sajak, a little-known local. Weather forecaster In Nashville at the time.
Griffin recalled to The Post in 1986 that he liked “Pat’s eccentric antics.”
“He was very attractive,” Griffin said New York Times Magazine In 1988. “He was always playing practical jokes.”
Sajak’s eccentricity has been on display since the beginning of his tenure on “Wheel of Fortune.”
“Please do not fix your sets at home. Chuck Woolery doesn’t shrink,” Sajak said during his first episode on NBC’s Daytime Edition on December 28, 1981. “I was lucky enough to wander onto the set of a very successful project.”
White joined him a year later, and in 1983 they started a syndicated version of the show that ran for more than 40 years. On Thursday, the show was released A two-minute video White says goodbye to a colleague who has made him feel comfortable and confident since the first episode.
Over the next four decades, they bonded in front of millions of Americans every weeknight, grew together as colleagues and friends while traveling the world and “shared a lot behind the scenes,” White said. Together flashed across the screen. Representatives for White did not respond to The Post’s request for an interview.
“You made me who I am,” she said in the video. “You really did.”
Sajak announced his retirement a year ago, saying his tenure on the show had been “an amazing ride.” Despite Sajak stepping down, White is staying on as “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest replaces Sajak for the syndicated show’s 42nd season.
In 2019, Guinness World Records provided Sajak is the longest running game show.
Sajak became politically outspoken toward the end of his career, using his humor and conservatism to play social media troll. In 2014, he wrote on social media that he believed “global warming alarmists are unpatriotic racists knowingly misleading for their own ends”. That same year, Sajak published a post that could serve as a guide to his online writings: “Sometimes it’s fun to poke a stick in a stick just to hear the buzz.” In 2022, He was criticized for posing with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.).
Friday’s episode is Vintage Sajak. He was excited, but self-conscious. He celebrated the contestants’ successes and encouraged them when they gave a wrong answer. At the start of the show, he told the contestants that if they skipped a round to give them time to say a goodbye message, he would pay each of them $1,000 to make up for it. Later, he changed his mind: Make $5,000.
“It’s not my money!” he said.
Memphis’ Adrian Beane played his part in the perfect send-off for Sajak. After defeating the other contestants, he picked so many correct letters in his final puzzle that his host knew he had a chance of winning.
“She’s already meddling. Let me create some tension,” Bean joked before solving the puzzle and winning $50,000 for doing so, bringing her total cash and prizes to $79,598.
The program ended with Sajak’s farewell video, in which he said, “I always feel privileged to be welcomed into people’s homes to spend this daily half-hour as a safe space for family fun – no social issues, no politics. , nothing awkward, I believe. Just play.”
But “Wheel of Fortune” gradually became more than that, he added. It was “a place where children learned their alphabet, people from other countries honed their English skills, families gathered with friends and neighbors and entire generations.”
“What an honor to play even a small part in that,” he said. “Thank you for letting me into your life.”
After breaking several records in the western United States on Thursday, the season’s first major heat wave continued Friday, scorching cities from Texas to California. Dangerous heat will gradually subside this weekend, but will persist across parts of Texas and Oklahoma.
A widespread heat dome set several records on Thursday, including Sacramento, Phoenix and Las Vegas.
More than 25 million people from California’s Central Valley to Texas are under a heat warning Friday. More extreme temperature forecasts prompted the highest levels of the National Weather Service Heat hazard Forecasting, which assesses the risk to human health.
For the second day in a row, temperatures were recorded at the highest level on the index, which measures the impact of human-caused climate change.
The hottest spots of a heat wave
Forecasters predict the worst of the heat will be centered on the Desert Southwest, California’s Central Valley, and West and South Texas on Friday. This weekend, the heat is expected to moderate in central California, but will persist across parts of the desert southwest and Texas, while spreading into parts of Oklahoma.
Notable calendar day record highs broken or tied on Thursday include Death Valley (122); Needles, California (115); Phoenix (113); Las Vegas (111); Fresno, California (107); Palmdale, California (103); Amarillo, Tex. (102); Bishop, California (102); Sacramento (101); Kanab, Utah (101); Reno, Nev. (98); and Flagstaff, Ariz. (91).
Here’s a state-by-state roundup of forecasts and records already tied or broken:
Phoenix is forecast to reach 110 degrees on Friday after reaching 113 degrees on Thursday, breaking the previous calendar day record of 111. 103 to 108 only slightly cooler Saturday through Wednesday.
Temperatures in Tucson should climb to near 105 on Friday and Saturday before slightly cooler highs near 100 on Sunday and Monday, then warm back to near 105 on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Death Valley is forecast to reach 121 degrees on Friday and 118 on Saturday, after setting a calendar-day record high of 122 on Thursday with highs of 123 both days.
In Central California, Fresno and Bakersfield are forecast to reach near 105 on Friday, before cooling into the mid-to-upper 90s this weekend, ranking No. 3 out of 4 heat risks. But they will cross 100 again by Tuesday and Wednesday.
Temperatures in Las Vegas are forecast to reach 110 degrees on Friday after reaching 111 degrees on Thursday. Thursday’s low of 85 was two degrees warmer than the previous warmest low for the date.
The city’s heat risk forecast remains at Level 4 through Saturday, which is described as “infrequent and/or prolonged periods of extreme heat.” While Las Vegas will cool off a bit, next week should be several degrees warmer than normal, with temperatures expected to range from 103 to 108 Saturday through Wednesday, compared to the average early June high in the 90s.
In nearby Henderson, A The blacktop surface registered a temperature of 162 degrees Thursday. “When it’s really hot outside, blacktops & sidewalks can turn into roasting pans in the afternoon, so it’s best to walk your four-legged friends on chilly mornings,” said the National Weather Service in Las Vegas. In X.
The Albuquerque 100 registers as a Level 3 heat risk on both Friday and Saturday, forecast to reach a record high of 100. 100 for the first time this year Thursday. That was one degree short of tying the record for that date. Daytime highs will be in the low 90s and upper 80s on Sunday and Monday.
Roswell’s forecast highs are near 105 degrees on Friday and Saturday, before cooling into the mid-90s on Sunday, with calendar day highs of 105 to 106.
Oklahoma City and Tulsa are forecast to reach the mid to upper 90s on Saturday, briefly reaching a Level 3 heat risk before cool daytime highs in the 80s on Sunday.
El Paso is forecast to reach 106 degrees on Friday and 103 degrees on Saturday, both days registering as a Level 4 heat risk. Friday’s high could come close to a calendar-day record of 108. Then temperatures should approach 100 Sunday through Tuesday.
Daytime highs near 100 are forecast for Friday and Saturday in Amarillo, which is at Heat Risk Level 3. The city tied its calendar-day record of 102 on Thursday, which is also the record for Friday. Cooler highs in the 80s and 70s are expected Sunday through Tuesday.
The ongoing heat wave is a direct result of a high-pressure heat dome that has scorched Mexico for weeks — resulting in The country’s hottest and driest May on record – before expanding to parts of the North and West America this week. Such thermal domes compress the clouds, compressing the air beneath them and heating the air.
For the second day in a row, the Climate Center Climate Change Index It reached a Category 5 across much of the southwestern United States on Friday. This is the highest level of the index, indicating that human-caused climate change has increased such warming fivefold.
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A Scottish woman who allegedly inspired the stalker character Martha in the hit Netflix drama Baby Reindeer is suing the streamer for defamation, negligence and breach of privacy.
Fiona Harvey – who identified herself as the woman based on Martha – has argued in a lawsuit that Netflix told “brutal lies” about her to more than 50 million viewers worldwide.
The suit, filed in a California court, seeks $170m (£132m) in damages for Ms Harvey. He claims the Baby Reindeer series misrepresented him as a convicted felon who spent time in prison for stalking.
Netflix has promised to “vigorously defend this matter.”
It said the show’s creator and star, Scottish comedian Richard Gott, stood by the right to “tell his story”.
Mr Cott wrote the series about his alleged experience of being stalked by a woman he met at the pub where he worked. He previously pleaded with fans to avoid trying to identify with Martha, a character he first portrayed in a stand-up comedy routine.
He was not named as a defendant in Ms. Harvey’s lawsuit.
“It’s a true story,” says the first episode of the hit mini-series. The show’s end credits state that the program is “based on true events: although certain characters, names, incidents, locations and dialogue are imagined for dramatic purposes”.
Neither Mr Gadd nor Ms Harvey’s real names are used in the series, and neither Netflix nor Mr Gadd have confirmed that Martha is based on Ms Harvey.
While testifying before Parliament’s Culture Media and Sport Committee last month, Netflix executive Benjamin King said it was a “true story of the horrific abuse that author and protagonist Richard Cott suffered at the hands of a criminal”.
Mr King later challenged an MP – the SNP’s John Nicholson – to prove his statements. Mr Nicholson said there was “no evidence by journalists to support Netflix’s claim” of the conviction of the woman identified as the inspiration for Martha.
For her part, Ms. Harvey alleged in her lawsuit that Netflix “did nothing” to confirm that Mr. Gatt’s story was true.
Ms. Harvey denies she sexually assaulted the show’s creator, according to court documents, which allege Netflix “told these lies and never stopped because it was a better story than the truth, and better stories made money.”
In one scene of the series, the character Martha is depicted sexually assaulting the show’s protagonist on a canal one night.
Ms Harvey told BBC News on Thursday that she was confident her team would win the case. “Otherwise, we wouldn’t do it,” he said.
Richard Roth, a New York-based lawyer representing Ms Harvey, told the BBC there was “no doubt” that Ms Harvey’s identity was used in the baby reindeer plot.
He said he had “irrefutable documentary evidence” proving his client had never been convicted of a crime.
The case also includes a photo of a background check and a certificate stating that Ms. Harvey has no criminal charges on her record.
Ms Harvey, who lives in England, says she has received several death threats since the series aired in April.
The experience left her “afraid to leave the house or watch the news,” the lawsuits say, adding that she became “extremely lonely and isolated, fearful of public, and went days without leaving the house.”
In a nearly hour-long interview with Piers Morgan last month, Ms Harvey confirmed she had known Mr Quail during his time working in a pub in London.
But she denied playing the role of Martha, who sends 41,000 emails to the character of Mr God and 350 hours of voicemail messages on the show.
“None of that is true. I don’t think I sent him anything,” she said.
“No, I think maybe a couple of e-mails were exchanged, but that’s it. Just witty banter e-mails.”
However, the suit alleges that some of the actual comments she made to Mr Ghat – such as a tweet she sent him in 2014 – were used in the show’s dialogue.
Coach Patty Casso and the second-ranked OU softball team look to win an unprecedented fourth consecutive Women’s College World Series title Thursday night against top-ranked Texas.
The Sooners beat the Longhorns 8-3 in Wednesday’s opener.
Here’s what you need to know about Game 2 of the WCWS final between the Sooners (58-7) and the Longhorns (55-9):
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After Riley Boone singled, Sidney Sanders walked and Avery Hodge was hit by a pitch, the Sooners were in the top of the order with just one out.
Jayda Coleman gave the Sooners some much-needed insurance with an RBI single to right to make it 6-4 OU.
Tiare Jennings came in for the second out.
Ella Parker then broke it open with a double to center.
After a walk to Alyssa Brito loaded the bases, Kinsey Hansen had a shot to end the game via the run rule with a walk-off grand slam, but she grounded out to third to end the inning.
The Sooners are three outs from their eighth straight NCAA softball championship.
OU got a two-out walk by Alyssa Prieto, but the Sooners took a two-run lead into the bottom of the fifth.
Sidlali Gutierrez came on in relief for the Longhorns, striking out Tiare Jennings and Ella Parker before striking out Brito and ground out Kinsey Hanson to end the inning.
OU freshman Ella Parker gave the Sooners a two-run lead, hitting Estelle Cech’s 2-1 pitch over the wall in right-center field and looking for it before the inning ended.
Avery Hodge opened the inning with a single. Each of the next two batters moved her, but the Sooners couldn’t break it open.
Jayda Coleman advanced to third with a rocket shot by Texas starter Mac Morgan.
Mia Scott got a glove on Coleman’s hit, but it was out when Coleman reached on an infield single.
But Tiare Jennings and Ella Parker followed with a grounder, Jennings made a fielder’s choice to retire Coleman and Parker led into a double play that ended the game scoreless.
Avery Hodge is making the most of his opportunity, making his fourth straight start since the injury to Alaina Torres.
Hodge hit a Viviana Martinez grounder, caught it right at second base, quickly touched base and fired to first for a double play to end the first inning.
It was the latest strong defensive performance by Hodge, who had two key plays on the field in Wednesday’s win.
ESPN: OU vs Texas sets WCWS Game 1 viewership record
Game 1 of the WCWS Championship Series peaked with 2.1 million viewers and averaged 1.9 million viewers, ESPN announced as the Game 1 record for the Finals.
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Date: Thursday, June 6
Time: 7 pm CT
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After already breaking records in California, the desert Southwest and Texas this week, the first major heat wave of the season will peak in the western United States on Thursday and Friday. More than 30 million people across the region, which includes the metropolitan areas of Phoenix, Las Vegas and Sacramento, are on alert for dangerously hot temperatures as officials urge residents to take precautions against heat illness.
With temperatures forecast to rise 15 to 20 degrees above normal, extreme heat warnings and heat advisories are in place for most of California, western and southern Nevada, western and southern Arizona, and parts of Utah, New Mexico, and southwest Texas. Places including Las Vegas, southeastern California and desert areas of southwestern Texas have recorded the highest risk of extreme heat from the National Weather Service. Heat hazard Forecasting, which assesses the risk to human health.
Officials recommend that people limit their time outside during the hottest part of the day, stay hydrated and access air conditioning. They also remind caregivers Never forget anyone in a hot car.
Heat has spread from Mexico to the western United States, which has been hit by a prolonged and deadly heat wave in recent weeks. Scientific analysis indicates that warming is caused by human-caused climate change.
After several calendar-day records were set in Texas on Tuesday, including 111 degrees in San Angelo and 109 degrees in Del Rio, the heat spread across Arizona and California on Wednesday. Calendar-day entries for Wednesday include:
To the east, Florida continues to boil. Fort Myers hit 98 on Wednesday, tying its record for the date. Several places in the Four Corners states and California recorded top-5 highs for the date, with 108 in Las Vegas, the city’s second-hottest high recorded on June 5. Phoenix reached 108, while California’s Central Valley topped the 100s.
The scorching heat continues through the weekend
Forecasters expect the worst of the heat to hit parts of California’s Central Valley and Desert Southwest Thursday through Saturday.
Temperatures in the central California cities of Redding, Chico, Yuba City, Sacramento, Stockton and Modesto are forecast to reach between 100 and 105, or nearly 15 degrees above normal, on Thursday and Friday in the foothills. Most of the region was under a Level 3 heat risk, described as “extreme” heat that “affects anyone without effective cooling and/or adequate hydration.”
Las Vegas is predicted to be one of the hottest destinations. The heat risk forecast for the three-day period was at Level 4, which is described as “rare and/or prolonged periods of intense heat with little to no relief overnight”. Parts of southwest Texas were also at a heat risk of 4 on Thursday, before moisture is expected to lower the risk to a level 3 on Friday and into the weekend.
Several major cities are in line for dangerous, record-breaking heat:
In Death Valley, Calif., is forecast to approach 123 on Thursday and Friday and between 117 and 119 on Friday and Saturday. If the temperature reaches 124, it will be the highest for the beginning of the year.
Las Vegas A high near 112 was forecast for Thursday, marking the city’s warmest start of the year, with Friday and Saturday ranging from 108 to 111. The average high for this year is 97.
Phoenix Was ready for it Hottest day so far this year Thursday’s high was 113, compared to the average high of 102 for the date.
Tucson Highs forecast for Thursday and Friday will be 107 to 108. Wednesday was the city’s first 105-degree day, coming days ahead of schedule. On average, the first day of the city occurs on June 11.
Other hot spots include South Texas, where the heat index is forecast to range from 110 to 115 on Thursday; Albuquerque and Roswell in New Mexico, where highs will be near 100; and Salt Lake City, where highs are expected into the mid-90s through the weekend.
Major coastal cities such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego are cooler. Marine influenceDaytime highs only in the 70s to near 80s.
Forecast models show heat easing across the western United States late into the weekend. But the weather service warned that “dangerous heat will then engulf much of the Great Basin and Intermountain West and persist into next week.”
The heat reaches the top of the climate index
The ongoing heat wave is a direct result of a high-pressure heat dome that has scorched Mexico for weeks — resulting in The country’s hottest and driest May on record – before spreading to the southern parts of the northern and western United States this week. Such thermal domes compress the clouds, compressing the air beneath them and heating the air.
Climate Center Climate Change Index Also pointing to the influence of human-caused climate change, much of the southwestern United States is reaching Level 5. This is the highest level of the index, indicating that human-caused climate change has produced five times more such warming.
SpaceX will launch its next Starship megarocket test flight early Thursday, June 6, and if you want to watch it live, you’ll need to know when and where to tune in. For that, dear space fans, we have what you need.
Aimed at SpaceX 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT) The Starship Flight 4 test flight of the Starship and superheavy megarocket launched from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas. Although that time may change slightly prior to launch, this is a good target for your watch party.
SpaceX will host a free live webcast of the Starship Flight 4 launch 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT). You can watch the live stream here on Space.com, courtesy of SpaceX. Here’s how and when to watch Starship’s next release.
What is the launch time of SpaceX’s Starship Flight 4?
SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket on the pad at Starbase, the company’s base in South Texas, ahead of a June 6 test flight in June 2024. (Image credit: Elon Musk via X)
Currently, SpaceX’s Starship is scheduled to launch on Flight 4 8 am EDT (1200 GMT), or 7 am CDT from the company’s Starbase test site near Boca Chica Beach in South Texas. However, SpaceX has a 120-minute window to launch the Flight 4 mission, so the Starship could take off any time before 8 a.m. 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT).
“As with all development experiments, the schedule is dynamic and subject to change, so stay tuned to our X account for updates,” SpaceX wrote. In a job description.
The Starship and its Super Heavy Booster are the most powerful rockets in the world. When stacked together, they stand nearly 400 feet (122 meters) tall, with the first stage powered by 33 Raptor engines and the Starship upper stage by six Raptors.
The Starship launch system is designed to be fully reusable and capable of flying to the Moon, Mars or deep beyond, SpaceX said. NASA has selected the Starship to land Artemis 3 astronauts on the Moon in late 2026. But before the starship can land on the moon, it must prove it can reach space and re-enter safely. That’s Flight 4.
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“The fourth flight test shifts our focus from achieving orbit to demonstrating the Starship and SuperHeavy’s ability to be reused,” SpaceX said in a mission statement. SpaceX has launched three test flights so far, with the first two failing to reach space. Starship Flight 3 reached space, but both the starship and superheavy stages broke up on the way back to Earth.
Related: Check out our SpaceX Starship and Superheavy guide for a detailed look
Can I see SpaceX’s Starship Flight 4 launch?
Yes, you can watch SpaceX’s Starship Flight 4 launch online, and you can choose where to watch.
The first and most obvious place to look would be output SpaceX’s X account (formerly Twitter), Launching 30 minutes before departure – so, 7:30 a.m. EDT (1130 GMT).
Space.com will carry the SpaceX livestream ourselves VideoFromSpace YouTube ChannelAlso on our home page and at the top of this page.
If you want to see SpaceX’s Flight 4 status before SpaceX’s livestream, check it out NASASpaceflight.com’s YouTube channelIt offers live views of SpaceX’s starship, starbase pads and other locations, and will provide live commentary during the refueling process.
If you’re in or near the Boca Chica, Texas area and want to see the Starship launch in person, there are several locations you can choose from.
SpaceX doesn’t have an official viewing platform, but you can visit several public beaches to watch the launch. Nearby South Padre Island offers clear views of the rocket from beaches near the Cameron County Amphitheater and Isla Blanca Park. You can also find similar beach-viewing spots on the nearby shores of Port Isabel.
I actually watched the launch of Starship Flight 1 from South Padre Island’s Cameron County Amphitheater in April 2023, and I can assure you that it offers unobstructed views (except for a few boats in the harbor) for spectators on the beach. (There is a public restroom, always a plus.) You should bring a folding chair, water, sunscreen, and other supplies. Traffic to and from the site can be heavy, so take this into account in your travel planning.
How long was SpaceX’s Starship Flight 4?
This SpaceX diagram shows the flight profile for the company’s Starship Flight 4 launch test on June 6, 2024. (Image credit: SpaceX)
If all goes according to plan, SpaceX’s Starship Flight 4 is expected to last just over an hour.
Flight 4 will fly a similar route to SpaceX’s Starship Flight 3 launch on March 14, aiming for a 65-minute journey from launch to Starship splashdown in the Indian Ocean.
“This flight path does not require a orbital burn for re-entry, maximizing public safety while providing an opportunity to meet our primary objective of controlled starship re-entry,” SpaceX wrote in its mission statement.
The Super Heavy Booster, meanwhile, is expected to fly for approximately 7 minutes, with a landing burn scheduled for 6 minutes, 43 seconds. SpaceX hopes to make a controlled “landing” and gentle splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico, miles off the coast of Boca Chica.
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SpaceX Starship Countdown Timeline
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Header Cell – Column 2
T-1:15:00
Flight director survey for fueling
Row 0 – Cell 2
T-0:49:00
Starship begins loading liquid methane
Row 1 – Cell 2
T-0:47:00
Starship liquid oxygen loading begins
Row 2 – Cell 2
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Loading of Super Heavy Liquid Methane begins
Row 3 – cell 2
T-0:37:00
Super heavy liquid oxygen loading begins
Row 4 – cell 2
T-00:19:40
Super Heavy Raptor Engine Chilldown
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Liftoff (“Excitement guaranteed,” as SpaceX says.)
SpaceX’s giant Starship rocket on the pad ahead of a planned test flight in June 2024 at Starbase, the company’s base in South Texas. (Image credit: Elon Musk via X)
If SpaceX can’t launch Starship Flight 4 on June 6, the company has at least one (if not more) backup days.
Officials in Cameron County, the region in South Texas that includes SpaceX’s Starbase facility, have listed June 7 and June 8 as backup days. A beach closure advisory to the public. Those closures will run from 12 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time, or approximately 1 a.m. to 3 p.m. EDT, both days.
Of course, any backup launch effort depends on how far SpaceX goes with the starship and superheavy fuel process. In the past, SpaceX has said it would take several days to recover the more than 10 million pounds of super-cold liquid methane and liquid oxygen propellant needed for launch.
If a technical problem delays the launch of Starship Flight 4, SpaceX may have to wait until it is resolved before trying again.
A Georgia appeals court has stayed an election sabotage case against Donald Trump and several of his co-defendants — a huge victory for the former president, who is seeking to push further legal challenges until 2025 if he can’t win them outright.
The The new order was filed on Wednesday The ruling from the Georgia Court of Appeals is the latest indication that a statewide Georgia election tampering trial will not happen before the 2024 presidential election. The court said the case will be stayed until a panel of judges can rule on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fannie Willis should be disqualified.
The appeals court is expected to rule on disqualification by March 2025, although it could issue a ruling sooner. The timeline remains highly uncertain, multiple sources close to the case told CNN.
Fulton County Superior Judge Scott McAfee initially allowed proceedings to continue in his courtroom as an appeals court weighed an appeal of his decision to allow Willis to continue in the case.
A spokeswoman for Willis’ office said it could not comment at this time on the appeals court’s order. If the DA wants to rule on the matter, it can ask the Court of Appeals.
The appeals court ruling underscores a series of successes in Trump’s long-standing strategy of putting prosecutors on the defensive, attacking them in public and challenging them in court.
Trump and some of his co-defendants are trying to disqualify Willis from the case because of her romantic relationship with Nathan Wade, the special counsel he hired to help handle the case. Defendants argued that Willis benefited financially from her relationship with Wade, who defense attorneys say provided the couple with numerous vacations.
In March, after a mini-trial in which lawyers for Trump and his co-defendants sought to prove their case against Willis and Wade, McAfee found there was insufficient evidence to conclusively prove that Willis benefited financially from the relationship.
Willis’ testimony in the televised proceedings shifted the focus away from Trump and the charges he faces in Georgia, focusing on his personal life.
The judge decided that if Wade recused himself, Willis would be allowed to continue the case, which he later did.
Steve Sado, Trump’s chief security adviser in Georgia, said the verdict was correct.
“The Georgia Court of Appeals has formally stayed all proceedings against President Trump in the trial court, pending its decision on our interlocutory appeal, which should dismiss the case and disqualify Fulton County DA Willis for misconduct,” Sado said in a statement. .
Meanwhile, in Trump’s classified documents case in Florida, the federal judge overseeing those proceedings has tended to devote large amounts of court time to Trump’s requests to question the authority of investigators and his lawyers.
That judge, Eileen Cannon, on Wednesday appeared ready to hold a hearing where Trump could try to get federal investigators under oath so his lawyers can question them, and said she would set aside a day and a half later this month. Heard his lawyer’s arguments about the legality.
As with the Georgia case, the Florida documents do not set a trial date.
This story has been updated with additional details.
Judge Eileen Cannon has once again torn up the court’s schedule in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case — pushing some of the legal questions that have been before her for months further down the road.
Cannon plans to hold a comprehensive hearing on Trump’s request to declare the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith invalid, signaling that he may be more willing than any other trial judge to veto the special counsel’s authority.
The planned hearing adds a new, unusual twist to the federal criminal case against the former president: Cannon said Tuesday that various political partisans and constitutional scholars unrelated to the case may join oral arguments later this month.
At the same time, he delayed other hearings without fixing a new date.
A recent example of Cannon’s approach to national security is changing the calendar: scheduling hours in court for arguments that other courts have largely denied, and p.Addressing various legal issues for months.
Similar challenges to special counsel investigations of Trump and other high-profile targets have failed from coast to coast in recent years: Hunter Biden’s lawyer got nowhere with judges in Los Angeles and Delaware; It’s Paul Manafort Arguments collapsed When the former Trump campaign chairman challenged special counsel Robert Mueller’s authority; And Andrew Miller, a former associate of Roger Stone, lost his challenge to Mueller’s mandate.
Even other federal trial judges, who allow special counsels in criminal cases, could rule differently in Cannon.
The issue before Cannon in the Southern District of Florida federal court is likely to remain a political debate until Cannon hears on June 21 the special counsel’s legal authority to prosecute a defendant.
Cannon has already taken a starkly different approach from other trial-level federal judges who have handled criminal cases charged by recent special counsel offices — including five since Trump became president.
While others have moved quickly to investigate — special counsel David Weiss is prosecuting his case against Hunter Biden in Delaware this week, eight months after the impeachment — Cannon has moved slowly on the pre-trial issues of Trump and his two co-defendants. Many of the key legal questions to be decided in the classified records case, which the Justice Department first brought against Trump last June, have yet to be decided.
It is highly unusual for a federal trial judge to allow a third-party group not connected to a criminal case to argue in court. That work is largely reserved for bringing and arguing groups of defendants against judicial prosecutors in courts across the country. It is rare to allow third parties to argue in court in appellate situations.
“It’s ridiculous that these motions are even being entertained with a hearing. It’s ridiculous that third parties are allowed to comment on the investigation,” Washington, DC-based national security law expert Bradley Moss told CNN.
But Cannon wants three separate lawyers to plead before him. Two of those groups support Trump’s position, dismissing the case against him and saying the special counsel lacks jurisdiction to prosecute for various constitutional reasons. A third group says the judiciary should ensure the use of special counsel.
Two former Republican-appointed U.S. attorneys general, Edwin Meese and Michael Mukesi, are part of a group of so-called “friends of the court” on Trump’s side, and Cannon is hearing from them. According to court records, all three groups, excluding the judiciary and the defendants’ lawyers, will be allowed to argue for 30 minutes each.
Meese and Mugesi have special insights to share with the judge, they say, given their former roles leading the judiciary.
Meanwhile, Cannon on Wednesday delayed a previously planned multi-day proceeding where Trump’s team wanted to question federal officials under oath about how they conducted the investigation.
Trump’s legal team is trying to convince a judge to force the government to change More records from remote offices Administrative Division. The special counsel’s office argued in person to Cannon several months ago that making federal officials witnesses at this stage of the case — as Trump wanted — would be an unprecedented abuse of court.
Cannon still agreed to the investigation Trump wanted. But that hearing is no longer on the schedule.
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This story has been updated with additional updates.
