After a record year of launches, SpaceX was set to kick things off with the first mission of 2025 on Friday night. A Falcon 9 on the Space42 Thuraya 4 mission carrying a communications satellite…

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Four astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after a nearly eight-month space station stay extended by Boeing’s capsule trouble and Hurricane Milton. A SpaceX capsule carrying the crew parachuted before…

“It’s important for us to get outside of what is familiar,” explained Mason Wilson. He and Levi Baker were able to do exactly that on a recent trip to Budapest, Hungary. The pair journeyed across…

BANGKOK (AP) — China’s space officials said Thursday they welcomed scientists from around the world to apply to study the lunar rock samples that the Chang’e 6 probe brought back to Earth in a historic…

Performing mission work in another community puts life and service to God in perspective, members of the Wesley United Methodist Church Youth Group said. It also gives them ideas for ways to help their own…

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Firefighters in suburban Kansas City are investigating a fire that destroyed part of the First Baptist Church in Mission, Kansas, but spared the long-standing church’s sanctuary.  Firefighters were called to the…

Any other year, they’d be wearing suits and carrying Bibles. Walking around neighborhoods and knocking on doors. Asking to talk to you about Jesus Christ. This year, they’re wearing jeans and T-shirts, carrying hammers and…

There are two things you soon realize upon meeting Calvin Coday. One, his faith and desire to help others was instilled in him at a young age, to the point he has traveled with wife…

Eight women in Eldoret, Kenya, waited patiently for more than four hours to meet with a group of Iola Rotary Club members last month. It was the rainy season, so they came dressed for cool…

Iola United Methodist Women are thinking of others during the Lenten season. At their Feb. 28 meeting, members agreed to donate a certain amount for material blessings we have that aren’t available to many in…