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Three Views of SpaceX Falcon 9 Heading To Low Orbit After Launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base

Mon Sep 29, 2025 08:42 am Cardinal News

Three views of SpaceX ascent after launch: Fountain Hills, Arizona; ASU in Tempe, and passenger jet cockpit (Multiple sources/Michael Ginsberg/CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ SpaceX launched 28 Starlink satellites from its Falcon 9 rocket on […]

Total Lunar Eclipse March 14, 2025 in Arlington Heights, Illinois near Chicago (CARDINAL NEWS)

Good Night for Blood Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in Chicagoland: End of Max Video

Fri Mar 14, 2025 10:39 am Cardinal News

Lunar Eclipse at End of Maximum 10X Speed Friday, March 14, 2025 (CARDINAL NEWS). YouTube Tips ⓘ The Total Lunar Eclipse on Friday, March 14, 2025 was a good show for Chicagoland with favorable mid-March […]

Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent (SOURCE: USAF)

The Chinese High Altitude Balloon, and Our Reaction, Stirs Up Memories of These Movie Scenes

Fri Feb 3, 2023 08:21 pm Cardinal News

Former Navy SEAL Commander Dave Sears says the Chinese spy balloon is a threat and should be a ‘significant concern’ to U.S. officials on ‘Cavuto: Coast to Coast. YouTube Tips ⓘ United States defense officials […]

Webb NIRCam composite image of Jupiter from three filters – F360M (red), F212N (yellow-green), and F150W2 (cyan) – and alignment due to the planet’s rotation. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Jupiter ERS Team; image processing by Judy Schmidt

Webb Telescope Jupiter Images Beat Expectations

Tue Aug 23, 2022 02:39 pm Cardinal News

Jupiter is known for its Great Red Spot, giant storms, powerful winds, colorful bands or ribbons, auroras, and extreme temperature and pressure conditions. Recently NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured new images of the fifth […]

Total Lunar Eclipse after Totality at about 12:10 a.m. to 12:15 a.m.

More Than Half Way into the Total Lunar Eclipse, Clouds Break Away Over Chicagoland

Mon May 16, 2022 10:42 pm Cardinal News

Total Lunar Eclipse May 15-16, 2022 over Arlington Heights just after midnight. YouTube Tips ⓘ Clouds spoiled the first half of the Total Lunar Eclipse over Chicagoland, but waiting for the clouds to clear was […]

Total Lunar Eclipse Cloud Cover May 15, 2022 (SOURCE: NOAA GOES-East - Sector view: Great Lakes - GeoColor)

Clouds May Clear for Total Lunar Eclipse Sunday Night to Early Monday Morning

Sun May 15, 2022 08:31 pm Cardinal News

The latter half of the the Total Lunar Eclipse over Chicagoland is more promising than the first half. However the latest satellite images show that cloud conditions may be better than initially expected for good […]

Pink Moon Tonight, But it’s Not Really Pink

Sat Apr 16, 2022 08:05 pm Cardinal News

The Full Moon in April is called a Pink Moon, but it is named after pink wildflowers that appear in North America in April every year. The Moon is not actually pink tonight. Moonrise in […]

Arianespace's Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope onboard, is seen at the launch pad, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, at Europe’s Spaceport, the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana. The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST or Webb) is a large infrared telescope with a 21.3 foot (6.5 meter) primary mirror. The observatory will study every phase of cosmic history—from within our solar system to the most distant observable galaxies in the early universe. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

James Webb Space Telescope Launches Christmas Morning December 25, 2021

Sat Dec 25, 2021 07:10 am Cardinal News

NASA’s long-delayed James Webb Space Telescope, a $10 billion marvel of engineering and scientific ambition launched into deep space on Dec. 25, 2021 from French Guiana (Provided by Washington Post feed). YouTube Tips ⓘ NASA’s […]

Helicopter Circles Over Round Lake Wednesday Night

Wed Dec 15, 2021 07:13 pm Cardinal News

A helicopter — that the aviation website flightradar24 describes as a US Army helicopter — was flying circles over Round Lake about 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 15, 2021. UPDATE: The helicopter may have taken off […]

Partial Lunar Eclipse (NASA Scientific Visualization Studio)

Partial Lunar Eclipse; Actually Almost Total Lunar Eclipse Begins 12:02 AM Friday, Nov. 19, 2021

Thu Nov 18, 2021 02:21 pm Cardinal News

Partial Lunar Eclipse November 19, 2021; Almost Total Lunar Eclipse Visualization from NASA YouTube Tips ⓘ A Partial Lunar Eclipse is in store beginning Friday, November 19, 2021 at 12:02 a.m. The maximum or greatest […]

Northern Lights Will Apparently Be a Bust in Northern Illinois Tonight, But Here are Some Past Views

Sat Oct 30, 2021 11:19 pm Cardinal News

Real-Time Northern Lights in 4K + Healing Music | Alaska’s Auroras | Nature Relaxation Film YouTube Tips ⓘ Aurora Borealis, AKA Northern Lights time-lapse video from just northwest of Fergus Falls, MN as the geomagnetic […]

Hunter's Moon Rising over Oakton Street about 6:30 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Season of the Hunter’s Moon: 99.5% Illuminated Moon Rise Tuesday, Full Moon Wednesday

Tue Oct 19, 2021 08:44 pm Cardinal News

The October full moon is usually known as the Hunter’s Moon, which follows almost one month after the Harvest Moon, which is defined as the full moon closest to the date of the autumnal equinox […]

Position of the International Space Station passing the southern tip of Africa at 7:03 p.m. (SOURCE: NASA).

International Space Station Passes Over Chicagoland Sky Tonight, 2nd Appearance Since Saturday Night

Mon Apr 5, 2021 07:23 pm Cardinal News

International Space Station over Chicagoland 7:57 PM Monday, April 5, 2021. If you’re facing South on Monday April 5, 2021 at 7:57 p.m. you will have a good view of the International Space Station for […]

Mission to Mars: “Perseverance” Rover on Target to Make Landing After Seven-Month Journey

Thu Feb 18, 2021 10:08 am Cardinal News

CARDINAL NEWS Headlines, News Highlights and Current Events for Thursday, February 18 2021 A multi-billion-dollar mission to Mars with the rover, Perseverance, which is on approach to Mars, will navigate difficult terrain to land on […]

Astronauts Conduct Spacewalk Outside International Space Station

Wed Jan 27, 2021 08:11 am Cardinal News

Watch as NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins and Victor Glover perform upgrades on the International Space Station (from NBC News). YouTube Tips ⓘ Astronauts conduct spacewalk outside International Space Station on live television. NASA spotthestation.nasa.gov/tracking_map.cfm MORE […]

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