Four astronauts from NASA's Artemis II mission returned safely to Earth and were welcomed home in Houston, Texas, on April 11, 2026.The crew included Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen.Their nine-day voyage marked the farthest humans have traveled from Earth in history.The astronauts were reunited with their families during a public event in Houston.Commander Wiseman described the mission as "the most special thing I ever went through in my life." No injuries or incidents were reported during the mission or upon their return.This mission is significant as it represents the first... [Continue Reading]
The Artemis II crew has safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, completing a historic mission orbiting the Moon and returning to Earth for the first time in over 50 years.The four astronauts parachuted into the sea off the Southern California coast at 5:07 pm Pacific time after a high-speed re-entry that tested the Orion capsule's heat shield.The crew members-NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen-completed a 10-day voyage that took them farther into space than any humans have traveled before.They looped around the far side of the Moon, testing critical spacecraft systems including... [Continue Reading]
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has made a significant ruling by overturning the death sentence of Clarence Curtis Jordan, a 70-year-old man who spent almost five decades on death row. Jordan had been convicted in 1978 for the murder of Joe L. Williams, a grocer in Houston, Texas. Throughout much of this time, he was without proper legal representation, raising substantial concerns regarding the fairness of his trial and ongoing detention. The case gained renewed attention when attorney Ben Wolff, director of the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs in Austin, took on Jordan's case in 2024. Wolff filed... [Continue Reading]