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New Zealand military helicopters arrive at Whakatane airport before taking off on a mission to recover bodies from the volcanic island that erupted Monday. Authorities say eight bodies remain on the volcano and -- after coming under pressure from distraught families -- they approved a recovery mission despite a 50-60 percent chance the volcano will explode again in the next day or so. IMAGES Completes VIDI_1N11RY
US NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara and Russian Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, members of the International Space Station (ISS) Expedition 70-71 main crew, bid farewell to their relatives and visitors gathered ahead of the launch from the Russian leased Baikonur facility, in Kazakhstan. IMAGES
The first all-civilian crew to be sent into Earth's orbit enters the Dragon Crew capsule atop SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, which is launching from NASA's Kennedy Center in Florida. Chris Sembroski, Dr Sian Proctor, Jared Isaacman and Hayley Arceneaux ride Tesla vehicles to the launch pad and take in the view before getting strapped into the capsule. IMAGES
NASA's SpaceX Crew-2 mission astronauts arrive at the Kennedy Space Center. Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, along with JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet, are scheduled to head to the International Space Station on April 22. IMAGES
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk talks to astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley as the historic SpaceX-NASA mission is set to proceed on schedule, although uncertainty remains over weather conditions just hours before takeoff. IMAGES