The SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission didn’t just make history when it took civilians on the first private spacewalk, it also made musical history. On September 13, engineer and astronaut Sarah Gillis became the first person to play violin in space. Watch her incredible performance below. SpaceX Engineer Makes History After Playing Violin In Space View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pubity (@pubity) Pubity shared the incredible moment when Sarah Gillis made history. In the carousel of photos and videos, they share her performing Rey’s Theme from Star Wars: The Force Awakens. According to the caption, “Her performance, broadcast to Earth through the Starlink satellite network, was a highlight of the Polaris Dawn mission, which is carrying out vital research and experiments over its five-day space journey.” The video showed musicians from all over the world, from the United States to Haiti and Sweden, playing along with this SpaceX engineer as she made history. Sarah’s music was beautiful, and it was truly an incredible experience to behold. The serene smile on Sarah’s face as she played proved that she knew just how incredible this moment truly was. Dreams Really Do Come True Elon Musk went to X and shared a remarkable photo of Sarah Gillis playing the violin in space, proving that dreams do come true. Once upon a dream pic.twitter.com/W0EGxKQL4r— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 13, 2024 Fans were amazed by her incredible performance shown on Instagram. The comments that came in raved about this SpaceX engineer’s talents and performance. One user wrote, “Her music is out of this world .” Another added, ” Big moment for arts and space .” A third chimed in, “Her bow hand riiiips for zero gravity!! .” Women In STEM Sarah Gillis is a proud woman in the STEM field. She shared some behind-the-scenes footage of how they prepared for this epic space adventure on her Instagram. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Anna Menon | SpaceX Engineer (@annawmenon) Before playing the violin in space, Sarah and the SpaceX crew had to prepare. The video shows how the crew performs various exercises and daily tasks in a simulated space environment. At the end of the reel, Sarah shares that the SpaceX crew then had to participate in a mock spacewalk. Her caption read, “What’s the first step in a spacewalk? As part of our preparation for the first commercial spacewalk, we are performing a multi-day study in NASA’s 20 ft pressure chamber to validate every step leading up to – and through – that spacewalk. We just completed a ton of training and check-outs in prep for this study. Stay tuned for the real deal in 1.5 weeks!” The source of the featured image is here. The post SpaceX Engineer Makes History After Playing Violin In Space –And Her Music Is Beautiful appeared first on InspireMore.

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News The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep Jaskier and Geralt Bond Over Overcooked Meat in The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep Clip A very mature Witcher throws food at his companion By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on September 17, 2024 Credit: Netflix Comment 0 Share New Share Credit: Netflix Netflix is bringing us another animated feature set in The Witcher universe. Today, we got a taste of what we’ll get from that film, which is called The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep. The clip is part of the streamer’s “Geeked Week,” and starts out with Doug Cockle—who voices Geralt in the video games and also in Sirens of the Deep—introducing the feature, where he teases that Geralt will not only be battling men and monsters, but also merpeople. That’s right, merpeople! The clip sadly doesn’t show us any of those merpeople, but it does give us Geralt (Cockle) talking to his buddy Jaskier (voiced by Joey Batey, who also plays the character in the live-action series). The two are eating the cooked flesh of some animal Geralt undoubtedly killed and talking about how the Witcher doesn’t let anyone get close to him. Jaskier, being Jaskier, calls him a softie, which compels Geralt to throw food at him. It’s adorable. Sirens of the Deep is based on the short story by Andrzej Sapkowski called “A Little Sacrifice” and takes place sometime during the first season of the live-action show. Here’s a synopsis of the upcoming feature: Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster hunter, is hired to investigate a series of attacks in a seaside village and finds himself drawn into a centuries-old conflict between humans and merpeople. He must count on friends—old and new—to solve the mystery before the hostilities between the two kingdoms escalate into all-out war. In addition to Cockle and Batey, Anya Chalotra is also voicing her live-action character Yennefer. Christina Wren joins the cast as Essi Daven. Mike Ostrowski and Rae Benjamin penned the adaptation. The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep premieres on Netflix on February 11, 2025. Check out the clip below. [end-mark] The post Jaskier and Geralt Bond Over Overcooked Meat in <i>The Witcher: Sirens of the Deep</i> Clip appeared first on Reactor.

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday condemned the media for not sufficiently covering the peril she believes former President Donald Trump poses to the planet while calling on Americans to be “outraged by what he represents.” Clinton’s remarks follow federal and local officials confirming Sunday the arrest of 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh for allegedly attempting to assassinate the former president the same day, with Trump blaming Democrats’ “rhetoric” for the attempt during a Monday interview. The former Democratic presidential nominee, on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” did not tamp down her rhetoric against Trump, repeatedly characterizing the former president as “dangerous” in the span of a few minutes. “Sadly, the press is still not able to cover Trump the way that they should. They careen from one outrage to the next. What was outrageous three days ago is no longer on the front pages, even though it threatens the physical safety of so many people, particularly, as you point out, immigrants that he and [Sen. JD] Vance have decided to demonize,” Clinton said. “And I don’t understand why it’s so difficult for the press to have a consistent narrative about how dangerous Trump is. The late great journalist Harry Evans one time said that journalists should really try to achieve objectivity, and by that, he said, I mean they should cover the object. Well, the object in this case is Donald Trump. His demagoguery, his danger to our country and the world. And stick with it.” “I believe Donald Trump has disqualified himself over and over and over again to be a presidential candidate, let alone a president … Part of what Trump is counting on is for people to get desensitized … Well, Americans need to understand that they have to take Trump both seriously and literally,” she added. “He has said what he wants to do. He and his allies with Project 2025, his desire to be a dictator at least on Day One. All of that is in the public record. And I believe that more Americans have to be willing to endure what, frankly, is discomforting and to some extent kind of painful, to take him at his word and to be outraged by what he represents.” Trump asserted on Truth Social in July that he has no knowledge of Project 2025 and no involvement in it. The former president also condemned some of the document’s contents. One of Routh’s social media posts mirrored Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden’s repeated claim that “democracy is on the ballot,” according to reports. CNN’s Dana Bash on Monday claimed that Routh’s anti-Trump social media posts have “nothing to do with Kamala Harris and Joe Biden.” “The hopeful side of this is that I do think more and more Americans are rejecting the kind of chaos that he represents. We can’t go back. That’s what the Harris campaign says all the time,” Clinton said. “We’re not going back to … what he failed to do to protect American lives during COVID, we’re not going back to the romance with dictators that puts innocent lives at risk and America’s security in danger. We can’t go back and give this very dangerous man another chance to do harm to our country and the world.” Clinton said in April that she believes Trump is “modeling himself” after dictators like Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Putin does what [Trump] would like to do,” she said. “Kill his opposition, imprison his opposition, drive journalists into exile, rule without any check or balance. That’s what Trump really wants.” Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post Even After 2 Assassination Attempts, Hillary Clinton Pushes Media to Demonize Trump More appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Time is running out for lawmakers on Capitol Hill to address a number of pressing issues before the session ends and they leave Washington until after the Nov. 5 election. The government will run out of funding come Sept. 30 without a continuing resolution; House Republicans are putting a full-court press on the Harris-Walz ticket through a number of committee probes; legislators are attempting to get to the bottom of not just one but two attempts on former President Donald Trump’s life. That sense of urgency is apparently lost on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, sources tell The Daily Signal. Rather than addressing House Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan to attach the SAVE Act to a six-month continuing resolution or the second assassination attempt on Trump in just over two months, McConnell devoted the Senate GOP’s Tuesday luncheon to discussing the merits of raising taxes to increase Pentagon funding. McConnell brought in experts from the Commission on the National Defense Strategy to discuss the commission’s recent report. In the executive summary of the report, the commission claims that “increased security spending should be accompanied by additional taxes and reforms to entitlement spending.” Furthermore, the United States should be prepared to “lead NATO planning… to deter and, if necessary, defeat Russian aggression.” One GOP senator asked his colleagues why the Senate GOP conference was mulling proposals to increase taxes when the current Republican nominee has made reducing taxes a core part of his campaign. The same senator also noted that these taxes would fork over more taxpayer dollars to the Pentagon when the public’s confidence in its leadership is at an all-time low, one source familiar with the luncheon’s proceedings told The Daily Signal. The presenters, according to the source, responded that spending cuts elsewhere could make up the difference, but did not specify where those cuts might come from. The source also suggested McConnell apparently lifted talking points straight from the report. McConnell told the Senate GOP conference that defense spending as a percentage of GDP was much higher during previous wars. “Defense spending in the Cold War relied on top marginal income tax rates above 70 percent and corporate tax rates averaging 50 percent,” the report’s executive summary claims. “Using the Cold War as a benchmark for spending should be accompanied by acknowledging the other fundamental changes that could supplement America’s efforts to deter threats and prepare for the future.”Today, the top marginal income tax rate is 37% and the corporate tax rate is 21% because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which McConnell pushed for and Trump signed into law. The post EXCLUSIVE: McConnell Focuses on Raising Taxes, Not Trump Assassination Attempt, at Senate Luncheon appeared first on The Daily Signal.