{"id":784864,"date":"2026-07-06T23:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784864\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T23:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T23:29:08","slug":"even-astronauts-in-space-saw-america-250-fireworks-on-the-fourth-of-july-see-their-iss-view-of-los-angeles-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/784864\/","title":{"rendered":"Even astronauts in space saw America 250 fireworks on the Fourth of July. See their ISS view of Los Angeles (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. just celebrated its 250th birthday, and Americans living off the planet had a great view of some of the parties down below.<\/p>\n

“The International Space Station<\/a> orbited over Los Angeles on July 4th as America marked 250 years of independence with a burst of fireworks lighting up the city below \u2014 a celebration so bright it reached all the way to space!” NASA officials said on Monday<\/a> (July 6) via the agency’s ISS X account.<\/p>\n

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That post featured a 15-second video captured from the orbiting lab, which showed hundreds of firework shows flickering across the L.A. area at night like cameras flashing in quick succession at a concert or a football game.<\/p>\n

The International Space Station orbited over Los Angeles on July 4th as America marked 250 years of independence with a burst of fireworks lighting up the city below \u2014 a celebration so bright it reached all the way to space! pic.twitter.com\/SMCXTFYRjDJuly 6, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

There are seven people living in Earth<\/a> orbit at the moment, members of the ISS’ current Expedition 74. Three are Americans: NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway, Jessica Meir and Chris Williams, all of whom serve as flight engineers.<\/p>\n

The others are the European Space Agency<\/a>‘s Sophie Adenot and cosmonauts Andrey Fedyaev, Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev. Kud-Sverchkov is Expedition 74’s commander, while Adenot, Fedyaev and Mikaev are flight engineers.<\/p>\n

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NASA didn’t just passively observe celebrations of the United States’ 250th birthday; the agency marked the occasion in multiple ways as well.<\/p>\n

For example, NASA painted big “America 250” logos<\/a> on the Space Launch System rocket that launched<\/a> the Artemis 2<\/a> astronauts around the moon<\/a> this past April. The four Artemis 2 crewmates also wore special patches commemorating the anniversary.<\/p>\n

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In addition, NASA conducted a series of airplane flyovers in the Washington, D.C. area over the July 4 weekend and will perform more in the coming weeks and months. You can learn more about the agency’s anniversary activities in this Space.com story<\/a>.<\/p>\n