mission
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“Morrow comes back from this 65-year space mission to no family, a daughter he couldn’t have saved,” the actor notes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
The mission would see him conduct pioneering research spanning human physiology and musculoskeletal adaptation, how prosthetics perform in microgravity, and how people move and balance in space.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
In a report to the UN Security Council seen by AFP, Guterres said it would be necessary to maintain peacekeepers in Lebanon after the mandate of the current mission expires at year-end.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Some U.S. officials said the Sparta’s resupply mission didn’t raise alarm bells, because the Syrian government’s ties with Moscow are known and the military equipment is far from American interests primarily in the country’s northeast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
His mission was to monitor recent Soviet atomic tests by collecting air samples from near the Soviet border.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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