Cadets salute during the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in 2021. A change to West Point’s mission statement has sparked outrage among some conservatives online. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP hide caption toggle caption Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP Cadets salute during the graduation ceremony at the U.S. Military Academy in 2021.
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‘Cabrini’ Review: Embarking on a Pious Mission
“Cabrini,” a cluttered biopic of an Italian nun on a mission in 19th-century Manhattan, is directed by Alejandro Monteverde and produced by Angel Studios. You may recognize the names as the team behind “Sound of Freedom,” the 2023 conservative hit thriller. Yet this new, pious tale, assembled around the ecumenical
Liftoff! Four people are on their way to the space station on NASA's Crew-8 mission
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon Endeavour capsule carrying the Crew-8 mission launches from launch pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on March 3, 2024. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket
A child's dream to 'drive' a space shuttle propels him toward a historic NASA mission
NASA astronaut Victor Glover will be making his second flight to space as the pilot of the Artemis II mission. Riley McClenaghan/NASA hide caption toggle caption Riley McClenaghan/NASA NASA astronaut Victor Glover will be making his second flight to space as the pilot of the Artemis II mission. Riley McClenaghan/NASA
Jason Kelce launches mission to return young Chiefs fan's wrestling mask worn during Super Bowl afterparty
Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce continued to rise in internet popularity over the weekend when he dressed in Kansas City Chiefs gear and wore a wrestling mask to celebrate his brother’s third Super Bowl victory in Las Vegas on Sunday night. But it turns out that the mask Kelce wore
Four European astronauts return to Earth after Axiom Space's Ax-3 commercial mission
In this image from video provided by NASA, the 11 International Space Station crew members representing Expedition 70 (red shirts) and Axiom Space 3 (dark blue suits) crews gather for a farewell ceremony calling down to mission controllers on Earth on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. NASA via AP hide caption
SpaceX launches 4 people for a private mission to the International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with its Crew Dragon capsule launches from pad LC-39A during Axiom Space’s Ax-3 Mission at the Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Fla., on January 18, 2024. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images A SpaceX Falcon 9
Blinken meets Jordan's king on Mideast mission to prevent Gaza war spreading
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Amman, Jordan Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Evelyn Hockstein/AP hide caption toggle caption Evelyn Hockstein/AP U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Amman, Jordan Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024.
This next NASA mission to an asteroid is seriously metal
An artist’s conception of the Psyche spacecraft approaching an asteroid that’s largely composed of metal. NASA/JPL-Caltech hide caption toggle caption NASA/JPL-Caltech An artist’s conception of the Psyche spacecraft approaching an asteroid that’s largely composed of metal. NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA is about to launch a spacecraft on a nearly six-year journey to
SpaceX launches 11th crewed mission as it heads to the International Space Station
Four people are heading to the International Space Station after a successful pre-dawn liftoff from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. This mission — called Crew-7 — took about nine minutes to reach 17,500 mph and enter low-earth orbit. For the next 29 hours,