Soyuz MS-27 launch and docking at ISS
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A Soyuz spacecraft carrying an American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts lifted off Tuesday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan en route to the International Space Station. The MS-27 craft, decorated to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, launched at 10:47 a.m. local time, according to footage broadcast by Russia?s Roscosmos space agency. The spacecraft entered orbit shortly after launch and is scheduled to dock with the Russian segment of the ISS later in the day. Onboard are Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky, as well as NASA astronaut Jonny Kim. Roscosmos said the crew will conduct 50 scientific experiments before returning to Earth on Dec. 9. Roscosmos said about 2,500 tourists watched the launch in person ? a record for the site.

Watch: Massive 5,000-pound sunfish dwarfs diver off Mexico coast

A dramatic video captured off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, shows a diver appearing tiny next to a massive ocean sunfish.

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Dolphin in North Carolina dies after ingesting plastic bag

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SpaceX launches first crew to Earth's poles
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SpaceX successfully launched the Fram2 mission Monday night at NASA?s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the first human spaceflight to the Earth?s polar regions.

Were they stuck? NASA’s Starliner astronauts finally weigh in

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, in their first public comments since returning to Earth, tell FOX News about their thoughts when they found out their short test flight was going to be a lot longer.

NASA's Starliner astronauts: In their own words
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FOX News Channel's Bill Hemmer sits down with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to talk about their unexpectedly long mission, the Starliner capsule, and the SpaceX taxi trip home. (From America's Newsroom / FOX News Channel.)

Starliner astronauts reflect on mission
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NASA?s rescued astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, participated in a post-flight news conference from Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Williams and Wilmore both spoke about their experiences aboard the space station when their problem-plagued Starliner capsule was sent back to Earth without them.