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Rocket Fueling Test Underway for Artemis II Moon Mission; Russian Strike Kills Miners in Ukraine; Iranian Protester Released on Bail; Great White Shark Detected off Mississippi Coast; Federal Courts Undercut Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign
Kennedy Space Center workers proceeded with a dress-rehearsal countdown Sunday for NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, preparing for a critical fueling test on Monday. The test aims to clear the way for the Artemis II mission, which will send four astronauts on a flight around the moon, according to CBS News. Meanwhile, in eastern Ukraine, a Russian drone strike killed twelve miners, DTEK, the country's largest private energy firm, reported. In Iran, Erfan Soltani, a 26-year-old protester reportedly sentenced to death, was released on bail, BBC World reported. In the Gulf of Mexico, a massive great white shark was detected off the coast of Mississippi, Fox News reported. In the United States, federal judges have been releasing hundreds of immigrant detainees, undercutting the Trump administration's mass deportation campaign, according to The New York Times.
The Artemis II countdown began Saturday evening and was scheduled to continue through the start of a simulated launch window opening at 9 p.m. EST Monday, CBS News reported. The test was delayed two days due to predicted arctic weather along Florida's Space Coast, pushing the launch of the Artemis II mission from Feb. 6 to no earlier than the night of Feb. 8, which is Super Bowl Sunday.
In Ukraine, the miners were traveling in a bus in the Dnipropetrovsk region when it was hit by a drone, officials said, according to BBC World. At least seven other people were injured in the attack. Separately, at least two others were killed and nine injured in other Russian attacks overnight and on Sunday, including six people hurt when a drone hit a maternity hospital in Zaporizhzhia.
Erfan Soltani was arrested on January 8 in Fardis, west of Tehran, amid widespread anti-government protests, BBC World reported. While officials initially informed his family that he was scheduled to be executed, Iran's judiciary denied that he was sentenced to death, saying he faced separate charges.
The 12-foot, nearly 1,000-pound female great white shark, known as "Ernst," was detected off the coast of Mississippi after her satellite tag pinged, Fox News reported. Earlier in January, Ernst was detected off the coast of Gulf Shores, Alabama. Researchers noted that this location marked one of the westernmost points recorded for a great white shark in the Gulf and was considered unusual behavior. Ernst had been tagged in Nova Scotia and traveled thousands of miles down the East Coast before reaching the Gulf.
In the United States, federal judges have found that the Trump administration has been ignoring longstanding legal interpretations that mandate the release of many people who are taken into immigration custody if they post a bond, The New York Times reported. The surge in such cases has overwhelmed court dockets in some districts.
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