Artemis II's four astronauts have officially gone where no one has gone before, setting on Monday a new distance-from-Earth record for human spaceflight. Why it matters: Artemis II broke Apollo 13's 248,655-mile record, set over 55 years ago on that ill-fated ship's emergency flight home. Driving the news: The lunar quartet has further to go yet. - They'll reach their maximum distance (252,760 miles) just after 7 p.m. ET tonight. What's next: The crew is starting their seven-hour lunar orbit and observation period this afternoon. (Watch live.) - At 6:44 p.m. ET, the crew will enter an expected 40-minute radio blackout on the dark side of the Moon. - They will later witness a solar eclipse, with the Moon blocking the Sun from their…
Artemis II's four astronauts have officially gone where no one has gone before, setting on Monday a new distance-from-Earth record for human spaceflight. Why it matters: Artemis II broke Apollo 13's 248,655-mile record, set over 55 years ago on that ill-fated ship's emergency flight home. Driving the news: The lunar quartet has further to go yet. - They'll reach their maximum distance (252,760 miles) just after 7 p.m. ET tonight. What's next: The crew is starting their seven-hour lunar orbit and observation period this afternoon. (Watch live.) - At 6:44 p.m. ET, the crew will enter an expected 40-minute radio blackout on the dark side of the Moon. - They will later witness a solar eclipse, with the Moon blocking the Sun from their…Open
SPACE — Astronaut Christina Koch reportedly played a pivotal role in the success of NASA's Artemis II lunar mission on Monday when she helpfully screamed in the pilot's ear as they were just 5,000 miles shy of colliding with the lunar surface.
A vape shop owner in London, England, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl. The proprietor, Iqbal "Tony" Singh, groomed the girl, referred to as "Erin," and her friends. He lured them in with colorful, flavored vapes, initially offering the products for free to win their trust. The post Vape Shop Owners Are Using Their Businesses to Lure and Groom Children. appeared first on The National Pulse .
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A vape shop owner in London, England, was found guilty of grooming and raping a 14-year-old girl. WHO WAS INVOLVED: The victim, known as Erin, the perpetrator, Iqbal “Tony” Singh, Erin’s mother, and British police . WHEN & WHERE: The grooming occurred at a vape shop in Cheam, South London; Singh was sentenced recently. KEY QUOTE: “He knew that having vapes and having this kind of business was exactly how he would be able to meet younger children and groom them and gain their trust to get what he wanted,” Detective Sergeant Toyene Lait said of Singh. IMPACT: Calls for stricter checks on vape shop owners and a warning to children about the dangers of exploitation in vape shops. IN FULL A vape shop…Open
An American airman found himself stuck behind enemy lines on Saturday in the “treacherous mountains of Iran,” after his aircraft was shot down and Iranian forces were closing in, according to the president. But in a daring rescue mission, the CIA managed to pick up his distress signal and fed false information through multiple channels […]
