NASA astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. took 29 color photographs of the Earth with a 70mm camera as he orbited our planet during the Mercury-Atlas 9 mission in May 1963. Cooper’s view from the window of his Faith 7 spacecraft was spectacular, and he reported that he could see vehicles motoring on dirt roads, smoke-belching trains,
A group of American visual effects workers hired directly by “Star Wars” franchise productions have joined the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees for collective bargaining purposes. The new bargaining unit includes American workers who contribute to titles including, but not limited to, “TheMandalorian and Grogu,” “Ahsoka” and “Starfighter.” The unit, which overwhelmingly supported joining
