China’s Chang’e-6 lunar module made a successful return to Earth, marking a historic milestone in the country's space program with the first-ever samples collected from the moon’s far side, advancing China's position in the global space race.
Virgin Galactic — the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson — launched its spaceflight for tourists, taking its first private astronaut customers to the edge of space.
Central Europe bore the brunt of an intensifying heatwave on as Switzerland, Denmark, Germany and the Czech Republic recorded unprecedented temperatures
