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Helicopter accident on Mt. Aso

Firefighters wear gas masks in Aso in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 22, 2026, as they prepare to resume a rescue and recovery mission for a sightseeing helicopter that went missing in the crater area of Mt. Nakadake, one of the peaks of Mt. Aso, on Jan. 20.

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China's Shenzhou-20 Return Capsule Touches Down on Earth

The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship is pictured at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on January 19, 2026. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship, carrying no astronauts, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 9:34 a.m. Beijing Time) on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency CMSA). An on-site inspection confirmed that the exterior of the Shenzhou-20 return capsule was generally intact and the items inside were in good condition, the CMSA said, noting that the Shenzhou-20 spaceship's return mission was a complete success. Photo by Xinhua/Li Zhipeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China's Shenzhou-20 Return Capsule Touches Down on Earth

The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship is pictured at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on January 19, 2026. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship, carrying no astronauts, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 9:34 a.m. Beijing Time) on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency CMSA). An on-site inspection confirmed that the exterior of the Shenzhou-20 return capsule was generally intact and the items inside were in good condition, the CMSA said, noting that the Shenzhou-20 spaceship's return mission was a complete success. Photo by Xinhua/Li Zhipeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China's Shenzhou-20 Return Capsule Touches Down on Earth

The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship is pictured at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on January 19, 2026. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship, carrying no astronauts, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 9:34 a.m. Beijing Time) on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency CMSA). An on-site inspection confirmed that the exterior of the Shenzhou-20 return capsule was generally intact and the items inside were in good condition, the CMSA said, noting that the Shenzhou-20 spaceship's return mission was a complete success. Photo by Xinhua/Li Zhipeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China's Shenzhou-20 Return Capsule Touches Down on Earth

The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship is pictured at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on January 19, 2026. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-20 spaceship, carrying no astronauts, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 9:34 a.m. Beijing Time) on Monday, according to the China Manned Space Agency CMSA). An on-site inspection confirmed that the exterior of the Shenzhou-20 return capsule was generally intact and the items inside were in good condition, the CMSA said, noting that the Shenzhou-20 spaceship's return mission was a complete success. Photo by Xinhua/Li Zhipeng/ABACAPRESS.COM

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NASA SLS rocket ready for Moon mission

NASA's Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion crew capsule, stands at a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, 2026, ahead of its Artemis II mission to the Moon possibly in early February.

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NASA SLS rocket ready for Moon mission

NASA's Space Launch System rocket, with the Orion crew capsule, stands at a launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Jan. 17, 2026, ahead of its Artemis II mission to the Moon possibly in early February.

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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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Conflict Between Yemeni Forces and STC - Yemen

In Seiyun, Yemen on January 04, 2026, a Royal Saudi Air Force transport aircraft arrives at Seiyun Airport carrying humanitarian aid for the city. This mission follows the withdrawal of UAE-backed STC forces and the takeover by the Yemeni Armed Forces, aimed at supporting the local population after the recent military operations and Saudi airstrikes in the region. Photo by Daher Mohammad/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conflict Between Yemeni Forces and STC - Yemen

In Seiyun, Yemen on January 04, 2026, a Royal Saudi Air Force transport aircraft arrives at Seiyun Airport carrying humanitarian aid for the city. This mission follows the withdrawal of UAE-backed STC forces and the takeover by the Yemeni Armed Forces, aimed at supporting the local population after the recent military operations and Saudi airstrikes in the region. Photo by Daher Mohammad/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conflict Between Yemeni Forces and STC - Yemen

In Seiyun, Yemen on January 04, 2026, a Royal Saudi Air Force transport aircraft arrives at Seiyun Airport carrying humanitarian aid for the city. This mission follows the withdrawal of UAE-backed STC forces and the takeover by the Yemeni Armed Forces, aimed at supporting the local population after the recent military operations and Saudi airstrikes in the region. Photo by Daher Mohammad/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Conflict Between Yemeni Forces and STC - Yemen

In Seiyun, Yemen on January 04, 2026, a Royal Saudi Air Force transport aircraft arrives at Seiyun Airport carrying humanitarian aid for the city. This mission follows the withdrawal of UAE-backed STC forces and the takeover by the Yemeni Armed Forces, aimed at supporting the local population after the recent military operations and Saudi airstrikes in the region. Photo by Daher Mohammad/ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7032 (23-31 October 2001) --- The Expedition Three crew (bottom) and the Soyuz Taxi crew assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). The Expedition Three crewmembers are astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (center), mission commander, and cosmonauts Mikhail Tyurin (left) and Vladimir N. Dezhurov, both flight engineers. The Soyuz Taxi crewmembers are Commander Victor Afanasyev (left), French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere, and Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev. Tyurin, Dezhurov, Afanasyev, and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos. Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7036 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (foreground), Expedition Three mission commander, and the Soyuz Taxi crewmembers assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev, Commander Victor Afanasyev, and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere. Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7037 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (foreground), Expedition Three mission commander, and the Soyuz Taxi crewmembers assemble for a group photo in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS). From the left are Flight Engineer Konstantin Kozeev, Commander Victor Afanasyev, and French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere. Afanasyev and Kozeev represent Rosaviakosmos, and Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/NASA via ABACAPRESS.COM

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File French Astronaut Claudie Haignere

Handout photo shows ISS003-E-7061 (23-31 October 2001) --- Astronaut Frank L. Culbertson, Jr. (right), Expedition Three mission commander, shakes hands with French Flight Engineer Claudie Haignere of the Soyuz Taxi crew, in the Unity node on the International Space Station (ISS). Haignere represents ESA, carrying out a flight program for CNES, the French Space Agency, under a commercial contract with the Russian Aviation and Space Agency. This image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo by Johnson Space Center/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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[Breaking News]Astronaut Suwa to fly to ISS possibly in 2027

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 9 Kyodo - Japanese astronaut Makoto Suwa holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said he will fly to the International Space Station, possibly in 2027, for a long-term mission. (Kyodo)

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Ambassadors Conference - Paris

French diplomate and current ambassador at the Permanent mission of France to the United Nations in New York Jerome Bonnafont attends an Ambassadors Conference at the conference centre of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in Paris, on January 9, 2026. Photo by Ludovic Marin/Pool/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Astronaut Suwa to fly to ISS possibly in 2027

Japanese astronaut Makoto Suwa poses during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said he will fly to the International Space Station, possibly in 2027, for a long-term mission.

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Astronaut Suwa to fly to ISS possibly in 2027

Japanese astronaut Makoto Suwa poses during a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said he will fly to the International Space Station, possibly in 2027, for a long-term mission.

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Astronaut Suwa to fly to ISS possibly in 2027

Japanese astronaut Makoto Suwa holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said he will fly to the International Space Station, possibly in 2027, for a long-term mission.

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Astronaut Suwa to fly to ISS possibly in 2027

Japanese astronaut Makoto Suwa holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said he will fly to the International Space Station, possibly in 2027, for a long-term mission.

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Astronaut Suwa to fly to ISS possibly in 2027

Japanese astronaut Makoto Suwa holds a news conference in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2026, after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency said he will fly to the International Space Station, possibly in 2027, for a long-term mission.

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US: Falcon 9 Streaks Across Arizona Sky After Vandenberg Launch

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, January 2, deploying Italy’s dual-use Cosmo-SkyMed Second Generation Flight Model 3 (CSG-FM3) satellite into low Earth orbit. The mission, delayed by pad issues, marked SpaceX’s first orbital launch in 16 days and included a successful booster landing.

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army drone pilot during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army drone pilot during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army soldier during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM

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Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

This photo shows a French army drone pilot during a Sentinelle mission in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on January 2, 2026. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRES.COM