Lucas Ye, age 8, designed the stuffed toy that will start floating when the Orion capsule reaches orbit.

The letter, by President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran, was at times defiant, patronizing or conciliatory, and came hours before President Trump was set to address the American people on the war.

Part of a political dynasty, he led Ontario’s main progressive party, became Canada’s U.N. ambassador and campaigned against the spread of AIDS in Africa.

While SpaceX and Blue Origin get much of the attention among rocket makers these days, traditional aerospace companies, including Boeing and Lockheed Martin, built the vehicles for Artemis II.

The slow-moving A-10 “Warthog” is a so-called close-air support plane that could be used to help U.S. ground forces seize territory near the Strait of Hormuz.

[Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump’s lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S.

The Canadian Space Agency astronaut is the one Artemis II crew member who has not traveled to space.