Overview
- NASA posted a 15-second video on July 6 that shows the International Space Station passing over Los Angeles and recording dozens of fireworks displays during the July 4 holiday.
- The footage shows hundreds of individual bursts across the Los Angeles area that appear as flickering clusters of light from roughly 250–260 miles above Earth.
- Seven crew members of Expedition 74 are currently aboard the ISS, and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared a holiday message from orbit alongside the agency's clip.
- NASA framed the release as a public-engagement moment and said there was no impact to station operations from the fireworks.
- The video is part of broader America250 activity by NASA that included commemorative SLS markings, Artemis 2 patches, and D.C. flyovers, illustrating how the agency used both ground and space platforms to mark the semiquincentennial.