Astronaut Norman E. Thagard, flying on the Russian Mir space station, sets the U.S. record for spaceflight endurance, passing 84 days, one hour, and 17 minutes in space. The previous U.S. record- holders were the three astronauts on the third Skylab mission in 1974.
When Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Air Force Gen. Dan Caine described the 150 aircraft used in Operation Absolute Resolve, the mission to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, he referenced many by name, including the F-35 and F-22 fighters and B-1 bomber. Not specified, however, were “remotely piloted drones,” among them a secretive aircraft spotted and photographed returning to Puerto…
