I am blessed to see what will occur in the future. My sight at times is a blessing and a curse at the things I behold. Before I relate my sight seen on October 21, 2025, I would like to announce the giant leap that mankind has made to outer space, marking a quarter of a century since November 2000.
Our International Space Station marks a 25-year milestone
Sunday, Nov. 2, marked the 25th anniversary of the first crew of astronauts
“ Nov. 2, 2000, a trailblazing group of three spacefarers, including one NASA astronaut, arrived at the iconic orbital outpost as members of Expedition 1. Now, for a quarter of a century, not a day has gone by that a human has not been in space.” Eric Lagatta USA TODAY 11/02/25
And 25 years of astronauts from all over the world living and working together to pave the way for future space exploration.
What to know about the iconic outpost
The station was designed between 1984 and 1993. Elements of the station were in construction throughout the US, Canada, Japan, and Europe beginning in the late 1980s.
The International Space Station Program brings together international flight crews, multiple launch vehicles, globally distributed launch and flight operations, training, engineering, and development facilities, communications networks, and the global scientific research community
About 356 feet long, the station is bigger than a six-bedroom house and has six sleeping quarters, two bathrooms, a gym, a 360-degree-view bay window, and docks for up to eight spacecraft to be docked at one time.
The orbital laboratory is operated through a global partnership of space agencies, including NASA, Roscosmos, the European Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
More than 280 spacefarers from 26 countries have visited the International Space Station, including 170 from the United States alone, according to NASA.
THE SPACE STATION’S PURPOSE
Scientists use the International Space Station as a testing ground to uncover new information and provide clues to long-standing scientific mysteries, such as combustion or fluid physics, furthering humanity’s understanding of improvements in everything from fuel efficiency to electronics cooling. They also study how to keep astronauts safe and healthy on long-duration missions.
BENEFITS
15 ways the international space benefits humanity back on Earth. Space Station Research Integration Office, July 22, 2022.
- 1. Producing the next generation of medical scanning technology
- 2. Creating new drugs for disorders like Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
- 3. Forming the components for producing artificial blood for animals
- 4. Robotic arm technology applications in an automotive factory
- 5. Student research in space
- 6. Lowering heat in cities and tracking water
- 7. Ultrasound procedures on Earth
- 8. Apply station air filtration technology to fighting COVID and preserving food in grocery stores
- 9. Colloids and everyday household products
- 10. Creating artificial retinas in space
- 11. Making cancer treatments simpler for patients
- 12. DNA sequencing microorganisms around the solar system
- In 2016, NASA astronaut Kate Rubins successfully conducted the first DNA sequencing in space, opening the door to molecular biology research in spaceflight conditions. The team used a MinION (pronounced “min ion”) sequencing platform, a device no bigger than a cell phone, to read the nucleic acid bases in samples sent to the station for study.
- This technology can enable scientists to quickly identify pathogens on the space station or on future exploration missions, and even potentially identify life on other planets in the solar system if it shares a common biochemistry with life as we know it on Earth.
- 13. Monitoring heat safety on Earth
- Core body temperature rises faster during exercise on the space station than it does on Earth. ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Thermos Lab experiment has investigated body temperature regulation and cardiovascular adaptations in crew members since 2009.
- 14. Better understanding the fundamental science of our world
- Technology that measures body temperature developed for the study by German company Dräge has begun to make a difference on Earth. The devices are deployed in many clinics to monitor infant incubators and patients during surgery and have been used to study how extreme heat affects farmers in Kenya and Burkina Faso. Other applications of the device include monitoring for signs of fatigue in people working in extreme conditions, including firefighters and fighter pilots.
- 15. Talking with the station and inspiring the next generation
VISITORS TO SPACE AND LENGTH OF DAYS
Frank Rubio- 371 days, Mark Vande Hei- 355 days, Scott Kelly- 340 days, Christina Koch- 328 days, Peggy Whitson- 289 days, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams- 286 days, Andrew Morgan- 272 days, Jeanette Epps, Matthew Dominick and Mike Barratt- 235 days.
INDIVIDUAL CUMULATIVE DAYS
Peggy Whitson- 695 days, Suni Williams- 608 days, Don Pettit- 590 days, Jeff Williams-534 days, Mark Vande Hei- 523 days, Scott Kelly- 520 days, Butch Wilmore- 464 days.
BACK TO EARTH: The Cost of Knowing Too Much
While humanity has reached for the stars—launching probes, satellites, and astronauts into the unknown—there remains a more clandestine frontier here on Earth. For centuries, experiments and covert operations have unfolded in silence, often at the expense of those who dared to know too much. The price of truth, in many cases, has been death.
Consider the case of Dr. Li Wenliang, the Chinese ophthalmologist who tried to warn colleagues about a SARS-like virus in late 2019. His early alerts about what would become known as COVID-19 were met not with gratitude but with reprimand. He was detained, forced to sign a statement denouncing his warnings as false rumours, and later died from the virus himself. His death sparked outrage and became a symbol of the dangers of suppressing truth.
Another chilling example is that of Karen Silkwood, a chemical technician and union activist at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant in Oklahoma. In 1974, she was en route to meet a journalist with documents allegedly proving unsafe practices at the plant. She never made it. Her car was found to have crashed, and the documents were missing. Her death was ruled an accident, but suspicions of foul play persist to this day.
These are not isolated incidents. They are reminders that truth, when it threatens power, becomes dangerous.
Mankind’s pursuit of innovation—electricity, clean water, aircraft, and now space travel—has always been driven by a desire for better living. Yet, in this pursuit, many have chosen to live in falsehood, dismissing inconvenient truths as fiction. As Ecclesiastes 1:10 reminds us:
“Does anything exist of which one may say: ‘See this; it is new’? It has already had existence for time indefinite; what has come into existence is from time before us.”
History does not lie. It is only forgotten or ignored by those who lack faith or memory.
BIBLE TRUTHS REMAIN
On October 21, 2025, in the early morning, after 5:30 a.m. I was looking through the window up at the sky as I normally do, sometimes counting the brightly visible stars. Between the hours of 7:00 a.m. I witnessed something extraordinary—an object in the sky, unmoving, luminous, and unlike any aircraft I’ve observed. I did not photograph it. Why? Because we’ve been conditioned to believe only what we can see and record. But faith once moved civilizations—before cameras, before satellites, before the internet.
Today, we dismiss dreams, visions, and testimonies unless they come with timestamped proof. Yet, in ancient times, a prophet’s word was enough to shift nations. Habakkuk, writing in 628 B.C.E., warned Judah of a coming judgment they would not believe even if told (Habakkuk 1:5-6). His words echo today: truth is often rejected when it challenges comfort or control.
I’ve experienced digital erasure—documents and images disappearing after being shared. These are not coincidences. They are tactics of manipulation, designed to discredit, distract, and destabilize.
Why do we silence those with knowledge? Why do we destroy the very minds that could elevate humanity? Perhaps because truth is disruptive, and disruption threatens the status quo.
Let this be a call to those who still believe in discernment, in faith, and in the power of testimony. The legal system requires two witnesses for confirmation. So does the spiritual realm. If you’ve seen, heard, or dreamed—speak. If you’ve been silent, know that you are not alone.
Because in the end, the truth will not be buried forever. And those who walk in it, though persecuted, are never powerless.
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