The Week In News

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Russia Heads to the Moon

moon, and of course, it’s there because the potential of water. We’re going back to learn to live in a deep space environment for long periods of time so that we can go to Mars and return safely.”

Roscosmos, the space agency of Russia, was expected to collaborate with the European Space Agency on the development of Luna 25, as well as future iterations of the lander. However, the partnership ended due to Russia’s war on Ukraine.

American Captives Freed in Haiti

On Friday, August 11, at 8:10 a.m. local time, Russia sent Luna 25, a moon-bound lander, into orbit. The craft was launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a spaceport located in Amur Oblast, Russia, and traveled in the Soyuz-2 Fregat Rocket. No people were sent along on this mission.

Luna 25’s journey will begin with the craft circling the Earth for some time before launching into a lunar orbit. If all goes as planned, Luna’s destination will be the south pole of the moon.

Once it arrives, the lander is expected to spend a year analyzing lunar soil and studying the moon’s extremely thin atmosphere. Built with an advanced robotic arm, the lander will be able to collect the moon’s materials.

This marks the first time in nearly forty-seven years that Russia has launched a lunar lander into space. The last time they did so was August 18, 1976, when they sent Luna 24 to the moon.

Russia is currently in competition with India to see which country’s lunar lander will arrive on the moon first.

Luna 25’s Indian counterpart, Chandrayaan-3, launched on July 14 and is already orbiting the moon. Both crafts are expected to reach their destinations on August 23.

“We’re going to see several spacecraft, some perhaps from other nations, that are going to be landing on the south pole in the near future,” NASA administrator, Bill Nelson, said on Tuesday during a news conference.

“There’s a renewed interest in the

On July 27, Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were abducted in Haiti. Thirteen days later, the two Americans were released from their captivity.

Dorsainvil, an American nurse, works in a Haitian community ministry. The kidnapper’s identity and motive are still unknown, although the Haitian National Police have stated that they are investigating the matter.

According to a patient who witnessed the abduction, the suspect pointed a gun at the two victims prior to the abduction.

“When I saw the gun, I was so scared,” said Lormina Louima. “I said, ‘I don’t want to see this, let me go.’”

“It is with a heart of gratitude and immense joy that we at El Roi Haiti confirm the safe release of our staff member and friend, Alix Dorsainvil, and her child who were held hostage in Port au Prince, Haiti. Today we are praising G-d for answered prayer,” El Roi Haiti, the organization Dorsainvil works for, said in a statement, adding that the two have been returned “healthy and unharmed.”

In response to this news, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said that the department welcomes “reports of the release of two citizens from