Beijing plans to send 12 people to space by 2023 to engage them in the construction of a Chinese orbital station, Yang Liwei, China's pioneer astronaut and currently the deputy chief engineer of the China Manned Space program, said on Saturday

The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) has sealed off the first of the two cracks, which caused an air leak in the Russian Zvezda module with a patch, Energia corporation, a subsidiary of the Russian state space agency Roscosmos, told Sputnik on Saturday

The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) will seal the first crack, which caused an air leak in the Russian Zvezda module, later on Friday, state space agency Roscosmos said

Lebanon's state energy company, Électricité du Liban (Electricity of Lebanon; EDL), may become unable to purchase the required fuel for the operation of power plants over internal political issues, what can eventually result in a massive energy crisis if the necessary steps on the matter are not taken, a source close to the Lebanese government told Sputnik