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NASA Orders Second Boeing Crew Mission to International Space Station

Engineers from NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, and Boeing dropped a full-scale test article of the company’s CST-100 Starliner into Langley’s 20-foot-deep Hydro Impact Basin. Although the spacecraft is designed to land on land, Boeing is testing the Starliner’s systems in water to ensure astronaut safety in the unlikely event of an emergency during launch or ascent. Testing allows engineers to understand the performance of the spacecraft when it hits the water, how it will right itself and how to handle rescue and recovery operations. The test is part of the qualification phase of testing and evaluation for the Starliner system to ensure it is ready to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station.

Russia: President signs decree on additional information security measures

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree “On additional measures to ensure the information security of the Russian Federation.” The document, published on the official portal of legal information on May 1, states that it should serve to “increase the stability and security of the functioning of the information resources of the Russian Federation.”

LIBOR: Council endorses new rules addressing cessation of financial benchmarks

As one of the first jurisdictions worldwide, the EU is putting in place a framework to ensure a smooth transition when financial benchmarks are terminated.

As Portland Plans to Reopen, Scientologists Stress Prevention

Volunteer Ministers from the Church of Scientology of Portland are helping ensure a safe and healthy reboot to the city’s economy

Statement by High Representative Catherine Ashton on developments in Libya

A new strategic approach to health for the EU (2008-2013)

The present White Paper sets out a new Community health strategy until 2013, which is designed to confront the growing challenges to the health of Europe's citizens, such as population ageing, cross-border health threats or illnesses linked to unhealthy lifestyles. This strategy is also intended to strengthen, in a single strategic framework, Community cooperation in the areas in which the Member States cannot act alone, ensure that health is better understood at European level and worldwide, and secure a bigger role for health in all policies. To this end, the White Paper proposes four principles and three strategic objectives for the coming years.