It's a big day for space, as the SpaceX Crew-11 astronaut launch to the ISS for NASA is happening today. The four astronauts will liftoff around 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT). We have a link for the launch on our website so be sure to check it out.
Other stories for today include a record-breaking 515 mile-long lightning flash, the James Webb Space Telescope showing a preview of what might happen to our own Sun, and a dive into the Space Age themes of "Fantastic Four: First Steps." We have all that and more for your daily read.
A Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the four-person Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) for NASA from Kennedy Space Center in Florida today at 12:09 p.m. EDT (1609 GMT).
It's a busy day here at Space.com as we work to bring you all things space news and science. This morning we saw the NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite launch in India. This is a joint project between NASA and the Indian Space Research Organization as they use the satellite to scan Earth to monitor its many dynamic processes.
Other news includes the failed debut launch of Australia's first orbital rocket, Gilmour Space's Eris, as it began sliding sideways; a legal debate between the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and the Trump administration over who owns (and should house) the Discovery space shuttle; and the first trailer of the third film in James Cameron's "Avatar" saga. We've got all that and more for your daily read.
