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China declared a "complete success" after it launched a new three-person crew to its space station early Wednesday as the country seeks to expand its exploration of outer space.

Asteroids will swing close to Earth in a drive-by show

Three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut splashed down off the Florida coast early Friday, capping a nearly eight-month science and research mission to the International Space Station.