NASA’s groundbreaking X-59 supersonic jet took off from Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, marking the first test of a jet designed to fly faster than sound without the explosive boom. | New York Post

Exactly 25 years ago, at 09:21 GMT/10:21 CET, on 2 November 2000, the era of continuous human presence on the International Space Station began. Since Crew One took up residence in 2000, 21 ESA astronauts have lived and worked on this orbital outpost, conducting essential research to benefit life on Earth. (👏 Umberto Guidoni, Claudie Haigneré, Hans Schlegel, Thomas Reiter, Léopold Eyharts, Pedro Duque, Roberto Vittori, Philippe Perrin, Frank De Winne, André Kuipers, Christer Fuglesang, Paolo Ne