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Jared Spiers had an interest in contributing to NASA’s mission long before becoming a civil servant for the agency. Growing up close to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and hearing about his father’s work there, he gained a firsthand connection to the nation’s space program. Before graduating high school, he knew […]
Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026. The hot fire test lasted for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500 seconds), the same amount of time RS-25 engines fire during launch of NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket, with a 111% power level. For each […]
David Surkamp, frontman for the long-running progressive-rock band Pavlov’s Dog, has died at age 73, according to a social media post on the band’s social media accounts. No cause of death was announced. While the band, which formed in St. Louis in the early 1970s, was not and arena-filling progressive rock group like Yes, Genesis […]
French giant Gaumont is launching a new 4K restoration of Louis Malle’s 1958 classic crime thriller “Elevator to the Gallows,” starring Jeanne Moreau. The special edition is being released in celebration of this year’s 70th anniversary of the French New Wave, the upcoming 70th anniversary of the film in 2028 and, in the same year, […]
Louis Garrel is set to play John Elkann — heir to Italy’s Agnelli family, behind car giant Fiat — in Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio’s “Falcon.” The biopic centers on charismatic auto industry executive Sergio Marchionne, played by Pierfrancesco Favino, who saved Fiat from the brink of bankruptcy. The high-end production is currently shooting in Toronto. […]
Donald Trump's vision of the North Atlantic, China's claim to Taiwan, Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine: are there any resurgence of imperialism, which was thought to be over with the decolonization and fall of the USSR? This is the observation of the recent book "World history of imperialisms from the 19th to the 21st centuries" (PUF editions) co-directed by Nicolas Beaupré and historian Florian Louis, guest of Au Cœur de l'Info
Kristie Foster paved her road to becoming a NASA civil servant with literal miles of dedication. Her work at the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, supports NASA’s mission to return American astronauts to the Moon, build a Moon Base for an enduring presence on the lunar surface, and ensure American leadership […]
The head of the French newspaper took control in 2010 of the group of headers when it was in technical bankruptcy and today they reach 700,000 subscribers with a company financed by a foundation
In Saint-Louis, Senegal, the traces of a past linked to the transatlantic slave trade are gradually disappearing. The island is best known for its colonial heritage, but historians estimate that tens of thousands of Africans who were enslaved went there before being deported to the Americas. Today, one of the last slave warehouses still visible in Saint-Louis falls in ruins. Story from Clarisse Fortuné.
"It has been shown that madness can lead to great things": for nearly a quarter of a century, a handful of artisans and volunteers have been building a life-size replica of a large Louis XIV naval warship in the North.
