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-An eerie spiral lit up the European skies. Here’s why such light shows are becoming more common [[https://kra30c.cc/|kraken войти]]
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-The shapes can seem to appear out of nowhere: an undulating S-like spiral streaking across the European skies or a glowing orb trailing above the North American coast.
+President Donald Trump’s pick to run NASA, Jared Isaacman, made waves Wednesday by signaling his intention to create a new focus on Mars exploration.
-Such strange light shows have been a known feature of rocket launches for years. But as humanity rapidly increases the number of objects propelled into space — more people are inadvertently witnessing the phenomena.
+A confirmation hearing for Isaacman — the billionaire CEO of payments platform company Shift4 who has twice paid to fly aboard SpaceX capsules — kicked off before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation at 10 a.m. ET. The committee is not expected to vote on Isaacman’s confirmation until after lawmakers reconvene from a two-week break that ends April 28.
-“We’re not used to seeing things that are happening in space in these very low (atmospheric) densities,” said Jonathan McDowell, an astrophysicist and astronomer at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, referring to the thin atmosphere that exists at high altitudes and in Earth’s orbit.
+During the hearing, Isaacman faced wide-ranging questions about how NASA’s priorities might change under his leadership.
-When a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Florida last week — flying northeastward as it headed for Earth’s orbit to drop off a spy satellite for the US military — it put on a show for millions over the United Kingdom and the European continent.
+For months, the space agency and its commercial and international partners have faced uncertainty about how the Trump administration may seek to realign NASA’s missions to focus on Mars, rather than the moon.
-Shortly after launch, social media users began to report “strange shapes” dancing in the sky.
+If such a shift plays out, it could lead to changes for NASA’s Artemis program, which was announced during Trump’s first term and marked a renewed focus on lunar exploration. The Artemis I mission, for example, sent a crew-worthy spacecraft on a test flight around the moon in 2022. Artemis ultimately aims to return astronauts to the lunar surface and eventually create a permanent human settlement on the moon.
-The scene was “likely to be caused by the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket,” according to a post on X that the Met Office, Britain’s national weather service, shared after the launch.
+Notably, however, Mars has long been the destination of choice touted by Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX who over the past year has become a close confidant of Trump and invested at least $260 million in his presidential campaign.
-The viral images were reminiscent of the “jellyfish” phenomenon that has accompanied some SpaceX launches from Florida and California. Visible from the North American coasts, the “jellyfish” is marked by a massive teardrop-shaped streak of light that grows and stretches as the rocket flies.
+Currently, NASA does not have any concrete plans to send humans to the red planet, though the agency has routinely said it views lunar exploration as an important precursor to Mars missions.
+However, Isaacman told the committee he will “prioritize sending American astronauts to Mars.”
-Despite their similarities, however, experts said the phenomena of the jellyfish and spiral are distinct.
+“Along the way, we will inevitably have the capabilities to return to the Moon and determine the scientific, economic, and national security benefits of maintaining a presence on the lunar surface,” according to Isaacman’s prepared opening statement.
-A ghostly spiral
-The eerie bat signal-like spiral following SpaceX’s March 24 military satellite launch formed after the rocket had already made its delivery. The vehicle was preparing to plunge out of orbit and back into Earth’s atmosphere, twirling toward a safe splashdown in the ocean — and leaving fuel in its wake.
-Such maneuvers made to dispose of rocket bodies are common after launches.
-The Falcon 9 is designed to break into two parts — or “stages.”
-The first stage is the bottommost portion of the rocket with nine engines that fire up at liftoff, powering the 230-foot (70-meter) vehicle off the ground. The first-stage booster is also the same part that SpaceX routinely guides to landing after launch and reuses to save money.