Orion Reaches Altitude 15x Higher than ISS at 10:11 EST; Swimming Owl Caught on Video in Lake Michigan; ISS-Linked "Foreign Fighter" Jailed in Germany; Ashton Carter Profile: Physicist, Weapons Guru, Medeival History Expert • FRI DEC 05, 2014 9:22 AM CT

#Orion just reached its peak altitude of 3,604.2 miles above Earth at 10:11 am EST, that's 15x higher than the #ISS! pic.twitter.com/e6CXForhZg
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) December 5, 2014

A strange sight in Lake Michigan - swimming owl caught on video | http://t.co/01tv50Nwmb pic.twitter.com/2QTIYEVXdF
— FoxNews.com SciTech (@fxnscitech) December 5, 2014

ISIS-linked 'foreign fighter' jailed in Germany http://t.co/FWdzwkneYq pic.twitter.com/m6OAsYvMYL
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 5, 2014

Who is Ashton Carter? Obama's pick for top Pentagon job is a physicist, weapons guru and medieval history expert pic.twitter.com/wZkUVkRp2w
— NBC News (@NBCNews) December 5, 2014