NASA Video Shows LA Fireworks From Orbit for US 250th Birthday

2026-07-07T11:00:06.000Z 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. "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 — a celebration so bright it reached all the way to space!" NASA officials said on Monday (July 6) via the agency's ISS X account. That post featured a 15-second video captured from the orbiting...