Monthly Archives: October 2022

SpaceX notches eighth human spaceflight mission with Crew-5

SpaceX successfully launched another batch of astronauts to the International Space Station Wednesday, part of an ongoing astronaut transportation contract with NASA. Like the company’s seven other human spaceflight missions, it was completely routine — and that’s what made it so remarkable. The Crew-5 mission (so named because it’s SpaceX’s fifth crewed mission with NASA’s…

NASA and SpaceX launch first Native American woman into space. She brought a dream catcher her mother gave her on the mission.

Nicole Aunapu Mann gives thumbs up during a Crew Dragon cockpit training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. SpaceX NASA and SpaceX just launched the first Native American woman into space: astronaut Nicole Mann. Mann is a member of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, and a colonel in the Marine Corps….

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Some cruise lines struggling to fill up are offering fall deals for as low as $26 a day

Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images Some cruise lines are struggling for passengers, leading to lower prices this fall. One four-night Carnival cruise from Orlando to the Bahamas is going for $26 a day. The best travel bargains are usually after the holidays, but bookings this fall are now the most economical buy. Cruise lines having…

Uber’s former security chief was found guilty by a federal jury for covering up a data hack to regulators

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Uber’s former security chief Joe Sullivan has been charged with hiding a data breach from federal authorities. Sullivan claimed the data breach was part of a program for finding security gaps in Uber’s system. This is the first time a company executive has faced prosecution over a data breach, NYT…