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Amazon has announced plans to launch thousands of new satellites into orbit over the next five years. Some experts fear that it will overwhelm the world's ability to manage congestion in space.

The U.S. and Europe are imposing new sanctions against Russia after allegations of atrocities in Ukraine. Among the targets are financial institutions and some of Russia's elite.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and Fred Kagan of the Critical Threats Project at the American Enterprise Institute about U.S. intelligence in the war in Ukraine.

Misha Smetana lives in Kyiv, and has stayed there throughout Russian attacks on Ukraine. He tells NPR's Scott Detrow what that's been like, and about the communities forming between people who stayed.

NPR Special Correspondent Susan Stamberg talks with first lady Laura Bush about the joys of reading. Mrs. Bush announced yesterday the creation of a National Book Festival and the Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries. The first lady says she is taking on the problem of aliteracy -- people who can read, but don't. She shares stories about her own reading habits and her favorite book.

NPR's Howard Berkes has the final report on the mysterious disappearance of the honeymooning couple, Glen and Bessie Hyde, on their trip down the Colorado River 70 years ago.

NPR's David Molpus profiles the new band Mofro as part of our series on emerging Southern Artists. The band's music has been described as "juke joint," but along with the funky beat there's an environmental message about Florida's disappearing swamplands. The band's co-founder, John J.J. Grey, says his music is a good way to groove and get a point across.

Roger Wallace is living proof that much of the very best country music now comes from Texas. But this young singer/songwriter's musical influence reaches back to the traditions of country and bluegrass that prevail in his hometown of Knoxville, Tenn. (11:00) Visit Texas Round-Up Records.

A sea creature known as a brittlestar has a natural fibre optic system far in advance of anything technology has yet devised.

NPR's David Molpus reports on the people who are putting careers and parenthood on hold in order to care for their aging parents. These college students and "30-somethings" are part of a generation born later in their parents' lives - and that means eldercare is beginning much earlier for them.