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  • In a Hellfire missile attack in the Gulf of Oman, US Central Command claims to have "disabled" a commercial ship flying the Gambia flag while it was attempting to travel for an Iranian port.
  • The US has enough weapons stockpiles, according to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, to resume military operations if needed.
  • Nawaf Salam, the prime minister of Lebanon, has cautioned that Israel cannot guarantee its security via a "scorched-earth policy."
  • After the finding of a "object suspected to be a floating mine" in the Strait of Hormuz, Omani authorities issued an alert on Saturday advising ships to proceed with caution.
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo's Minister of Communication, Patrick Muyaya, says that the Ebola outbreak doesn't "need to be in panic."

Tag: Apollo 11 Mission

July 30, 2019

After Anniversary, NASA Aims Beyond Earth...

The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing celebrated the crowning achievement in crewed space flight, but also reminded the public the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA, is not currently sending astronauts into space from the U.S

July 17, 2019

How ‘Rocket City’ Helped NASA Get...

In the race to the moon in the 1960s, the development of the large rockets that could thrust the spacecraft beyond Earth’s atmosphere became a critical element in the success of the Apollo program. The place where the Saturn V rocket was developed — Huntsville, Alabama

July 16, 2019

In Exclusive VOA Interviews, NASA Astronauts...

World celebrates the 50th anniversary of the historic mission to land humans on the surface of the moon

Apollo Mission Control Room Reopened To...

On July 20, 1969, American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set foot on the lunar surface – the first men on the moon. The U.S. space agency, NASA, is celebrating the 50th anniversary of this historic event in style

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