SpaceX wants to nearly double the number of rocket launches into space from the California coast, with plans for almost 100 a year from Vandenberg Space Force Base.

Four astronauts are returning to Earth after nearly five months on board the International Space Station. NASA’s Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers along with Russian and Japanese astronauts are scheduled to splash down off the Southern California coast. It is the first NASA-sponsored crew to land in the Pacific Ocean.