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NASA Launches Solar Sail Mission Into Space In A First

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched a sail mission into space Tuesday utilizing the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System. NASA launched an innovative mission that could change the way spacecraft navigate the solar system, according to the agency’s press release. The mission will utilize the Advanced Composite Solar Sail System, scheduled for launch aboard […]

Robert Kraft pulls support from Columbia, then academic gets brutally honest about his profession: ‘On a suicide mission’

Billionaire Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, is putting his money on the line. Columbia University became ground zero for anti-Semitism after students began occupying what is now called the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on campus. Last Thursday, university administrators authorized police officers to arrest more than 100 students, a move that only emboldened […]

WW2 series ‘Masters of the Air’ sabotages own mission

Something went very wrong in episodes seven and eight of Apple TV+’s excellent new series “Masters of the Air,” about the Eighth Air Force’s legendary 100th Bomb Group. The show regains form for the series finale in episode 9, but by then, it has taken too much damage to successfully complete its mission. “The Bloody […]

Maryland crane used to clean up bridge collapse also was used for a 1970s CIA mission

These days, a floating crane called the Chesapeake 1000 (nicknamed “Chessie”) has been tasked with the grueling task of salvaging shattered steel from last week’s deadly bridge collapse in Baltimore. I have taken on many jobs over the decades. But Crane’s most notable activity, until last week, was helping the CIA recover part of a […]

Motion to Vacate a ‘Distraction from Our Mission’

During this week’s broadcast of FOX News Channel’s “Sunday Night in America,” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) spoke out about the changes initiated by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) He dismissed it as a “distraction.” Mr. Johnson said he intended to resolve his differences with Mr. Greene. “How does it help a razor-thin Republican majority […]