Jonah Green

It took NASA and U.S.

Navy recovery teams less than two hours to secure the floating capsule and retrieve the four crew members.

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astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Cook, along with Canadian Jeremy Hansen, spent the night on a Navy amphibious vessel.

They were due to fly to Houston on Saturday to be reunited with family.

The mission has captivated Americans young and old across political divides, bringing some rare sense of wonder to a nation torn by partisanship and war.

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and Iranian delegations are in Islamabad for negotiations to end the six-week war.

It's the highest level talks between the two countries in a half a century.

But even as Vice President J.D.

Vance and Iran's foreign minister met, there were conflicting accounts about what's been agreed.

Trump claims the U.S.

is clearing out the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran denies, and both sides dispute whether frozen Iranian assets are being released.

Pakistan's capital is under an unprecedented lockdown with thousands of paramilitary personnel and army troops in the streets ahead of what have been dubbed make-or-break talks.

Simon Lewis covers the State Department in Washington, D.C.

The talks will be led by Vice President Vance, and Simon points out that the Iranian delegation is in favor of this.

As for who is in charge right now in Iran, sources tell Reuters that new Supreme Leader, Mashdaba Khamenei, is still recovering from severe facial and leg injuries suffered in the airstrike that killed his father.

The 56-year-old hasn't been seen or heard publicly since taking power last month, and he's been taking part in meetings only through audio conferencing, though according to people close to his inner circle, he remains mentally sharp.

While diplomats push for a ceasefire, the war's impact is showing up in the U.S.

economy.