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US: Bright Streak Observed Over California as SpaceX Crew-11 Re-enters

A bright streak was observed across the night sky over Southern California early Thursday, January 15 as the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule carrying four astronauts made its fiery re-entry before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego. The capsule returned NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, along with Japan’s Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, ending the Crew-11 mission about a month early due to a non-emergency medical condition affecting one crew member. NASA said the astronaut was stable and brought back to Earth for further evaluation.

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows NASA astronaut Mike Fincke helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows Support teams onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON work around the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after he, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows NASA astronaut Zena Cardman is helped out of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON after she, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows Support teams raise the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft aboard the recovery ship SHANNON shortly after it landed with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in thePacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif.,Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, left, NASA astronauts Mike Fincke, Zena Cardman, and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui are seen inside the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON shortly after having landed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Splashdown

Handout Photo shows The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is seen as it lands with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Long Beach, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov, mission specialist of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Photo by SpaceX/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Photo by SpaceX/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows jsc2025e060299 (May 19, 2025) --- NASA astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov. California. Photo by SpaceX/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, Kimiya Yui, and Oleg Platonov. The official crew portrait of NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 members. Front row, from left, are Pilot Mike Fincke and Commander Zena Cardman, both NASA astronauts. In the back from left, are Mission Specialists Oleg Platonov of Roscosmos and Kimiya Yui of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exporation Agency). Photo by NASA/Robert Markowitz/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui, mission specialist of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Photo by SpaceX/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Meet the Crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11

Handout photo shows NASA astronaut Mike Fincke, pilot of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station, poses for a portrait in his pressure suit at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Photo by SpaceX/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Pre-Splashdown - Long Beach

Handout Photo datetd on January 14, 2026 shows NASA and SpaceX support teams board the ship SHANNON to prepare for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Long Beach, Calif.. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are landing in the Pacific Ocean after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Pre-Splashdown - Long Beach

Handout Photo datetd on January 14, 2026 shows The SpaceX recovery ship SHANNON is seen in the Pacific Ocean as the recovery team prepares for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, off the coast of Long Beach, Calif.. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are returning after 167 days days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 Pre-Splashdown - Long Beach

Handout Photo datetd on January 14, 2026 shows NASA and SpaceX support teams board a helicopter to stage for the landing of the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft with NASA astronauts Zena Cardman, Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Platonov aboard, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Long Beach, Calif.. Cardman, Fincke, Yui, Platonov are landing in the Pacific Ocean after 167 days in space as part of Expedition 74 aboard the International Space Station. Photo by Bill Ingalls/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Apollo 13 Return

Hickham AFB, HI - (FILE) -- United States President Richard M. Nixon, right center, and the Apollo 13 crew salute U.S. flag during the post-mission ceremonies at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. Earlier, the astronauts John Swigert, right, Jim Lovell, left center, and Fred W. Haise, left, were presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by the Chief Executive. Apollo 13, launched on April 11, 1970, was NASA's third manned mission to the moon. Two days later on April 13 while the mission was en route to the moon, a fault in the electrical system of one of the Service Module's oxygen tanks produced an explosion that caused both oxygen tanks to fail and also led to a loss of electrical power. The command module remained functional on its own batteries and oxygen tank, but these were usable only during the last hours of the mission. The crew shut down the Command Module and used the Lunar Module as a "lifeboat" during the return trip to earth. Despite great hardship caused by limited power, loss of cabin heat, and

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Japan's first man in space

Toyohiro Akiyama, a reporter for Japanese television broadcaster Tokyo Broadcasting System, is pictured in a space suit on Nov. 2, 1990. He became the first Japanese to travel into space as a crew member of the Soyuz TM-11 rocket launched a month later from the Baikonur space center in the Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.

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Dryden Creek Wildfire - Canada

Aerial crew work on the Dryden Creek Wildfire, just north of Squamish, B.C. on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Photo by Tijana Martin/Canadian Press/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region unload ammunition, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - A soldier of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region unloads ammunition, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - A soldier of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region is on a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region get ready for a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - A soldier of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region unloads ammunition, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region fire a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region fire a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - A soldier of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region unloads ammunition, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region unload ammunition, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region fire a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region fire a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region fire a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region unload ammunition, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region get ready for a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - A soldier of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region puts on a helmet as he prepares for a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region fire a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Artillery crew in Zaporizhzhia region

ZAPORIZHZHIA REGION, UKRAINE - JANUARY 11, 2025 - Soldiers of an artillery crew of the Riffle Battalion Special Unit of the Main Department of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region fire a 122-mm howitzer D-30 at the positions of Russian troops in the Zaporizhzhia direction, Zaporizhzhia region, southeastern Ukraine.

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Tanker stranded off Hokkaido

The tanker Sanwa Maru runs aground off Hakodate in the northernmost Japanese main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 8, 2025, with Japan Coast Guard officials confirming heavy oil is leaking due to suspected damage to a fuel tank. All 11 crew members are safe, according to the JSG.

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The Fire Inside Premiere - LA

September 11, 2021 - USA - Jared Isaacman, Hayley Arceneaux, Chris Sembroski, Dr. Sian Proctor. Inspiration4 is the world's first all-civilian mission to orbit. The mission will be commanded by Jared Isaacman, the 38-year-old founder and Chief Executive Officer of Shift4 Payments and an accomplished pilot and adventurer. Named in recognition of the four-person crew that will raise awareness and funds for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, this milestone represents a new era for human spaceflight and exploration. (Credit Image: © Inspiration4/ZUMA Press Wire Service/ZUMAPRESS.com)

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Qingdao to the United States cargo route upgrade

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 11, 2024 - Fedex and airport staff present gifts to the crew in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Nov 11, 2024.

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Qingdao to the United States cargo route upgrade

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 11, 2024 - Flight crew members pose for a group photo with fedex and airport personnel in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Nov 11, 2024.

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Qingdao to the United States cargo route upgrade

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 11, 2024 - Fedex employees and crew members wave to people as they greet them in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, November 11, 2024.

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Qingdao to the United States cargo route upgrade

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 11, 2024 - Crew members slowly step off the plane in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Nov 11, 2024.

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Qingdao to the United States cargo route upgrade

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 11, 2024 - Fedex and airport staff present gifts to the crew in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Nov 11, 2024.

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Qingdao to the United States cargo route upgrade

QINGDAO, CHINA - NOVEMBER 11, 2024 - Flight crew members pose for a group photo with fedex and airport personnel in Qingdao, Shandong province, China, Nov 11, 2024.

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China Launches 3 Astronauts To Tiangong Space Station

This image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Oct. 30, 2024 shows the crew of Shenzhou-19 manned spaceship. China's Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination on Wednesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 11 a.m. (Beijing Time). Photo by Han Qiyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China Launches 3 Astronauts To Tiangong Space Station

This image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Oct. 30, 2024 shows the crew of Shenzhou-18 manned spaceship preparing to welcome the crew of Shenzhou-19 manned spaceship. China's Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship successfully docked with the space station combination on Wednesday, according to the China Manned Space Agency. The spaceship made a fast, automated rendezvous and docking with the front port of the space station's core module Tianhe at 11 a.m. (Beijing Time). Photo by Han Qiyang/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pilots of 16th Brody Separate Army Aviation Brigade

UKRAINE - JULY 11, 2024 - A Ukrainian flag patch decorates a backpack of one of the crew members of a Mi-8MSB-V assault transport helicopter of the 16th Brody Separate Army Aviation Brigade.

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Pilots of 16th Brody Separate Army Aviation Brigade

UKRAINE - JULY 11, 2024 - Crew members are in the cockpit of a Mi-8MSB-V assault transport helicopter of the 16th Brody Separate Army Aviation Brigade.