Four astronauts are back on Earth after a five-month stay at the International Space Station.

The Army has started loading up some of the tanks that will take to the streets of the nation’s capital during the 250th anniversary celebration of the service next month.

An astronaut who missed out on the first all-female spacewalk is getting her chance six years later.

Crowds are expected along Brevard County beaches as NASA and SpaceX are preparing to launch the Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station.

SpaceX is targeting a Wednesday launch for Crew-10 just after sunset. The team consists of two NASA astronauts, a JAXA astronaut and a Roscosmos cosmonaut. The crew completed a full dress rehearsal of launch day activities on Sunday.

The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission was at Kennedy Space Center for a test that the space agency says is among the last needed ahead of launch, now less than three weeks away.

The Russian space agency says one of its cosmonauts has broken the world record for the most time spent in space.

The first woman and next man on the moon will come from this elite group. Vice President Mike Pence introduced the astronauts Wednesday at the close of his final meeting as chairman of the National Space Council. The space agency is aiming for a moon landing by 2024, although the chances of that happening are growing increasingly dim. Half of the NASA astronauts have spaceflight experience. “The history is awesome, but we’re here to look toward the future,” Acaba told reporters after the announcement.

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot by the Taliban for daring to want an education, has completed her degree at Oxford University. The 2014 Nobel Peace Prize winner, now 22, posted images on Twitter of her celebration early Friday upon completing a degree in philosophy, politics and economics. Hard to express my joy and gratitude right now as I completed my Philosophy, Politics and Economics degree at Oxford, she tweeted. She went back to school as soon as she could but kept campaigning for the right to an education for others. Her Twitter feed was flooded with expressions of goodwill, including one from NASA astronaut Anne McClain, who studied in England.