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I'm Tori. Today is Tuesday, September 5, 2023.

And we begin with Splashdown for NASA's SpaceX Crew 6 Dragon capsule.

The three astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut, who were on board, safely returned to Earth yesterday morning, landing in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida after a six-month mission at the International Space Station.

Loud but harmless sonic booms could be heard across the sunshine state as the capsule arc to cross the night sky.

The crew had medical checkups on board a recovery ship, then headed back to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Texas.

Meanwhile, in other space news, India has successfully launched its first observation mission to the Sun, just days after making history by becoming the first country to land near the Moon's South Pole.

The unmanned rocket heading to the Sun will travel for four months before it starts orbiting the giant star, and will conduct a series of scientific studies to understand the impact that solar wind and flares have on our planet.

The Ocean Cleanup Project has put taking out the trash to a whole new level.

The organization that's been tackling the great Pacific garbage patch for several years recently started using their new System 3.

It's nearly three times larger than their previous technology, and can basically clean up the size of a football field every five seconds.

The U-shaped floating barrier is about one and a half miles long, towed between two slow-moving boats.

Below the barrier is a screen that hangs about 13 feet down in the water, which is where most of the floating plastic is found.

Once the trash is scooped up, it's recycled into new sustainable products.

The ocean cleanup has removed over 275 tons so far, and CEO Boyant Slat says his goal is to rid the oceans of at least 90% of plastic trash by the year 2040.

A helpful pilot went above and beyond the call of duty to return a young girl's favorite doll that had been left at an airport a very long way from home.

Nine-year-old Valentina from Dallas, Texas was enjoying a summer vacation with her family when she left her American doll Beatrice behind at a stopover in Tokyo, Japan.

Valentina was heartbroken, so her parents posted on social media to see if anyone had seen the doll, and that's when American Airlines pilot James Dannon stepped in.

She tracked down the doll in the lost and found, offered to bring it back to Texas, and even took flat Stanley-like selfies with Beatrice on all the stops along the way.

If that wasn't enough, the pilot then made a personal delivery, bringing Beatrice right to Valentina's house the next time he flew through Dallas.

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