The people of Earth weren't the only ones ringing in the year 2020 at midnight. Six explorers in orbit celebrated the new year's arrival - and indeed, a new decade - aboard the International Space Station .
"Happy New Year from low Earth orbit!" NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan wrote on Twitter as Earth began the year 2020.
Morgan celebrated 2020's arrival with crewmates Christina Koch and Jessica Meir (both of NASA), European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano, and Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Alexander Skvortsov. Parmitano commands the crew, known as Expedition 60.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Large fight outside Orbit Fun Center prompts immediate changes
HUBER HEIGHTS — Fights involving more than 200 youths Saturday after a teen skate night at Orbit Fun Center of Huber Heights prompted the business to make changes.
Now, for all skating sessions that start after 8 p.m., patrons 16 and younger must be accompanied by an adult or guardian 21 and older. However, those who have their own skates will not need a chaperone, the business posted Wednesday night on social media.
Because of the number of fights that were taking place, Huber Heights police issued a “signal 99” countywide call for officer assistance.
Lake Guiers and the Senegal River As Seen From Orbit - SpaceRef
Lake Guiers and the Senegal River separating the African nations of Senegal and Mauritania are pictured as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles in altitude off the Atlantic coast.
India Announces Plans For Its First Human Space Mission | Valley Public Radio
India's space agency says that four astronaut candidates have been selected for its first human mission, targeted to launch by 2022, but they've not been publicly named or identified.
India hopes to join the United States, Russia and China as the world's fourth nation capable of sending people to space. It has been developing its own crewed spacecraft, called Gaganyaan (or "sky vehicle" in Sanskrit), that would let two to three people orbit the Earth on a week-long spaceflight.
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Solar sail in earth orbit is big breakthrough for China
NASA Space Station On-Orbit Status 30 December 2019 - SpaceX Dragon Set to Leave January 5 -
The shadow of the Moon is cast over portions of Malaysia and the Philippines during today's solar eclipse. The International Space Station was orbiting 259 miles above the South China Sea at the time this photograph was taken. In the foreground is the SpaceX Dragon resupply ship and part of the ESA (European Space Agency) Columbus laboratory module. Credit: NASA. (Dec. 26, 2019)
A U.S. cargo craft is getting ready to depart the International Space Station early next week loaded with research results and degraded hardware for analysis on Earth. Meanwhile, the Expedition 61 crew explored a variety of space phenomena including how flames spread in weightlessness.
17 things to do around Portland: Boat Show, 'Fiddler on the Roof' and Outer Orbit -
The annual Portland Build, Remodel & Landscape Show offers hundreds of exhibitors gathered at the Oregon Convention Center to show the latest in home improvement. Take in a seminar, see exhibits and watch expert demonstrations.
Noon-8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3-5, Oregon Convention Center 777 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.; $6 general at the door; PortlandBRLShow.com.
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10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 4, Beaverton Library, 12375 S.W. Fifth Ave., Beaverton. Supplies and postage provided.
Out of Orbit - Visegrad Insight
“This was the moment when central Europe's populists issued their declaration of independence not only from Brussels but also, more dramatically, from western liberalism and its ethos of openness to the world. Central Europe's fearmongering populists interpreted the refugee crisis as conclusive evidence that liberalism weakened the capacity of nations to defend themselves in a hostile world.”
Although not wholly uncontested in the ensuing debate, Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes argued to what extent the post-1989 emigration from eastern and central Europe had awakened fears of national disappearance and hostile reactions to the refugee crisis in 2015. Would populism have taken hold without populists’ anti-immigration politics?
Happening on Twitter
Here's to another decade of backside ollies and all the moments in between: 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010 (omitted for spa… https://t.co/0zQf7yX3BR tonyhawk (from San Diego & world at large) Wed Jan 01 00:02:22 +0000 2020
Heading into 2020 under President Trump's leadership: ✅Space Force has been created ✅ISIS fighters wiped out and t… https://t.co/q0qaxapQM8 RepMattGaetz Wed Jan 01 17:08:38 +0000 2020
3, 2, 1... #HappyNewYear! We're usually counting down to liftoff, but today, we're counting down to 2020. 🗓️ The sp… https://t.co/rStoegYGrV Space_Station (from Low Earth Orbit) Tue Dec 31 18:00:01 +0000 2019
2020 will be a groundbreaking year in space! 🚀@SpaceX & @Boeing expect to launch their first @NASA astronauts int… https://t.co/KqcCBGuD5p TheRealBuzz Wed Jan 01 02:36:02 +0000 2020
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