An aerospace engineer at Texas A&M University has been working on a space habitat for long-term space travel. The project is funded by NASA’s Innovative Advanced Concepts Program, which fosters ideas that could revolutionize future space-related missions.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On July 24, 1969, Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean, completing its mission and fulfilling a 1961 directive made by then President John F. Kennedy to put men on the Moon and return them safely to Earth by the end of the decade. After splashdown, the crew was brought to the aircraft carrier Hornet and put into quarantine for 21 days as a precaution against potential biological contamination. President Richard Nixon was also on Hornetand greeted the crew. Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins were given a ticker tape parade in New York City and later embarked on a 38-day global goodwill tour. There would be five more successful lunar journeys, but budget problems and a fading public interest forced the Apollo program to be shuttered in 1975.

For the first time in four years, China’s Ministry of National Defense on Wednesday released a white paper on the country’s overall national defense strategy, disclosing that, before 2017, its military spending accounted for 1.28 percent of its GDP. The lengthy 27,000-word paper, titled “China’s National Defense in the New Era,” totals six chapters.

An alleged Haitian gang leader, Arnel Joseph, considered to be one of the country’s most dangerous and wanted fugitives, was awaiting surgery on his wounded leg, when he was found and captured, according to Hait’s National Police Chief.

VIDEO: FBI Director Christopher Wray says China poses a more serious counter-intelligence threat to the United States than any other country, including Russia. In his testimony Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Wray described the threat as “more challenging, more comprehensive and more concerning than any counter- intelligence threat” he can think of.

A senior U.N. official says he believes Yemen’s warring parties want to find a political solution to end more than four years of civil conflict. He acknowledges that steps for winding down the conflict, accepted under December’s Stockholm Agreement in Sweden, have not been implemented. Nevertheless, he says both the government and Houthi rebels continue to insist they want a political solution.