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NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine stepped down as planned on Wednesday and posted a message on Twitter to thank employees and all who supported his tenure at the space agency.

SpaceX launched another shipment of 60 Starlink satellites from Florida on Wednesday morning, adding to a rapidly growing cluster of high-speed broadband communications spacecraft.

Jared Padalecki reinvented Chuck Norris' "Walker, Texas Ranger" for the modern era. The actor and executive producer said recent political stories inspired him to recreate the show.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in nominated Chung Eui-yong, a veteran of North Korean negotiations, as foreign minister on Wednesday just ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration.

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden should build on the 2018 Singapore summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.

Bank depositors in Lebanon, who woke up one day more than a year ago to face the painful reality that their life savings are stuck in the banks, are now bracing for the worst: Most of their money, if not all, is gone and cannot be recovered. 

California-based Virgin Orbit made its first successful flight to orbit Sunday using a rocket launched from a plane over the Pacific Ocean, announcing later that the satellites aboard were released successfully.

NASA's plan to test its new moon rocket fell short of a scheduled eight-minute test-firing Saturday in Mississippi, as the engines were shut down at just over a minute into the test.

Virgin Orbit plans to try again Sunday to send 10 small science satellites for NASA and several universities into orbit using a rocket launched over the Pacific Ocean.

NASA plans to ignite one of the largest and most powerful rockets ever built, the Space Launch System core stage, for an eight-minute test firing Saturday.

President Donald Trump gets impeached -- again; robots take flight; Marvel has a new TV show. How well did you follow the news this week? Take the UPI News Quiz for Jan. 15, 2021.

Actor Aldis Hodge said his new film, "One Night in Miami," honors the contributions of four Black American icons who were friends in real life.

Javicia Leslie steps into the role of "Batwoman" after Ruby Rose's departure. Leslie describes her new character, Ryan Wilder, as a champion of the underdog.

North Korea held a military parade in Pyongyang at which it unveiled a new submarine-launched ballistic missile it called the "world's most powerful weapon," state media reported Friday.

South Korea's Supreme Court upheld the 20-year prison sentence of former President Park Geun-hye on Thursday, ending legal battles over corruption and abuse of power charges that have gone on since 2017.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' rocket company, Blue Origin, successfully launched a new capsule from Texas on Thursday that includes new amenities for space tourists.