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On March 19, 2025, at 3:27 am, American astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore  returned to earth after 9 months and 14 days from the Dragon spacecraft. 

Background:

Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore took a week aboard Boeing's Starliner spacecraft on 5th June 2024, but due to technical glitches, their mission lasted 9 months (286 days).

NASA and SpaceX launched Crew-9 mission on 28 Sep, 2024 from Florida, USA.

The mission has two people on board and two empty seats to bring back astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been stuck on the international Space Station (ISS).

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• Japan is the fifth country to achieve a soft landing on the moon with its SLIM mission.

   list of countries that have achieved a soft landing on the moon:

  • Soviet Union (1966)
  • United States (1969)
  • China (2013)
  • India (2023)
  • Japan (SLIM mission, 2024)

  
  

  
  

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In 2023, a spotless giraffe born in the United States of America (USA) is so rare it's thought to be the only one of its kind in the world.

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Swedish green steel venture HYBRIT, which had made the 'world's first customer delivery of steel produced without using coal.

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Peggy whitson 289 days

Christina Koch 328 days 

Both belong to b USA 

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France launched its first military exercise in space named “AsterX”.

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• In September 2022, US president Joe Biden announced a new arms package of 600 million US dollars to Ukraine.
• This money will also be used for military education and training.

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On 22 July 2022, Russia and Ukraine signed grain exports deal, the first deal since 24 February 2022, both countries agreed to start shipping food via the Black Sea.

The landmark deal was meditated by UN secretary General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Recep Taayyip Erdogan. 

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Italy revoked approval for arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over the conflict in Yemen, making permanent an 18-month temporary suspension.

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China is planning to launch its own 'artificial moon' by 2020 to replace streetlamps and lower electricity costs in urban areas.