In spaceflight

Two small NASA satellites that were meant to study hurricane development failed to enter orbit on June 12 when their Astra rocket shut off before reaching the necessary altitude, the US space agency said.

NASA's Crew-3 mission returned home to Earth on May 6 after six months aboard the International Space Station (ISS).

The SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft with NASA astronauts Kayla Barron, Raja Chari and Tom Marshburn, as well as European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer, undocked from the orbital laboratory a day earlier.

The German environmental satellite mission Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) has delivered its first images a month after its launch.

As part of the mission, which is managed by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), EnMAP has recorded a strip about 30 kilometers wide and 180 kilometers long over Istanbul.

Hotel management company SWOT Hospiality has announced the start of its partnership with Zetland Capital Partners LLP based in London. Zetland Capital has commissioned SWOT Hospitality to manage the luxury Lindian Village hotel near the Acropolis of Lindos, on the island of Rhodes.

The Russian actress and the Russian director, who stayed aboard the International Space Station for 12 days to shoot the first film in space, returned safely to Earth, world agencies reported.

A Soyuz space capsule carrying a cosmonaut and two Russian filmmakers has landed after a 3 1/2-hour trip from the International Space Station.

The capsule, descending under a red-and-white striped parachute after entering Earth's atmosphere, landed upright in the steppes of Kazakhstan on schedule at 0435 GMT on Oct. 17 with Oleg Novitskiy, Yulia Peresild and Klim Shipenko aboard.

The state commission has approved the crew of the Soyuz MS-19 manned spacecraft, which will be launched into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Tuesday, the Roscosmos press service told TASS.

Turkey will be among the 10 countries of the world producing communication satellites when it launches the Türksat 6A satellite into space next year, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on June 28.

Under bright-blue morning skies, China launched its first crewed space mission in five years on June 17, sending three science-minded military pilots rocketing to a new orbiting station they're expected to reach around midafternoon.

NASA is returning to sizzling Venus, our closest yet perhaps most overlooked neighbor, after decades of exploring other worlds.

The space agency's new administrator, Bill Nelson, announced two new robotic missions to the solar system's hottest planet, during his first major address to employees on June 2.