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☆ Vintage polaroids of female prisoners paint an intimate picture of womanhood and identity
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Zoe Whitfield | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —What is perhaps most striking about the 32 photographs that make up Jack Lueders-Booth’s new book, “Women Prisoner Polaroids,” is the intimacy that occupies each frame. For that reason, (when I was there) the inmates wore domestic clothes and prison guards were also un-uniformed. I was doing photography for them, making portraits for their annual reports, and sometimes processing family photographs,” said Lueders-Booth. “Over the years, my photographs were appearing on their walls as part of their photo collections, which was very rewarding. While it is true, other things are true, and many other things are perhaps more true.”

Persons: Jack Lueders, Polaroids, Mick Jagger, “ Miriam Van Waters, “, ”, Booth, Van Waters, ‘, Laura — “, —, I’d, Lueders Organizations: CNN, Correctional Institute Framingham, Northeastern University, Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, MCI, Framingham, Lueders Locations: Massachusetts, Booth, serendipitous, Framingham

MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — SpaceX would acquire public land in Texas to expand its rocket-launch facilities under a tentative deal that is moving forward after months of opposition from nearby residents and officials near the U.S.-Mexico border. Although SpaceX is proposing swapping the public land for 477 acres, it has not yet purchased that property. The deal started in 2019 as a conversation between the state and SpaceX. But it was finally worked out in 2023, said David Yoskowitz, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's executive director. We the voters of Texas have given you money to purchase valuable land," Reed said, referring to the state's Centennial Parks Conservation Fund.

Persons: ” Jeffery D, Hildebrand, Greg Abbott, David Yoskowitz, Cyrus Reed, Reed, Kathryn Lueders, ” Organizations: SpaceX, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Boca, Gov, Texas Parks, Wildlife Department's, Democratic, Texas General Land, Lone Star, Sierra Club, Parks Conservation Fund, Texas, NASA, “, Texans, Wildlife Locations: MCALLEN , Texas, Texas, U.S, Mexico, Boca Chica, Brownsville , Texas, Austin, Florida

☆ SpaceX hires former NASA human spaceflight chief for Starship role
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX has tapped NASA's former human spaceflight boss Kathy Lueders to help oversee development of the company's moon and Mars rocket called Starship, a person familiar with the hire said on Monday. Lueders, the second former NASA human spaceflight chief to retire and move to SpaceX in recent years, represents another key hire for the company as it races to develop and use Starship for landing NASA astronauts on the moon within the next decade. As the head of NASA's human spaceflight wing, Lueders oversaw development of SpaceX's Crew Dragon, the company's flagship cargo and astronaut taxi that has become the agency's primary ride to and from the International Space Station. A major agency reorganization later in 2021 moved Lueders away from overseeing the moon program and placed her as NASA's space operations chief, a post with oversight on ISS activities. At SpaceX, Lueders will join her former NASA boss Bill Gerstenmaier, who in 2020 retired from the agency as its human spaceflight chief to join SpaceX for a similar Starship role.

☆ SpaceX hires former NASA human spaceflight official Kathy Leuders to help with Starship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Kathy Leuders, formerly NASA associate administrator of the Space Operations Mission Directorate, before speaking to press on May 30 following SpaceX's launch of the Demo-2 mission. Kathy Lueders, the most recent top human spaceflight official at NASA, has joined Elon Musk's SpaceX after retiring from the agency a couple weeks ago, CNBC has learned. Lueders will work out of the company's "Starbase" facility in Texas and report directly to SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell as general manager, people familiar with the matter told CNBC. It's a key hire for SpaceX as the company aims to make its massive Starship rocket safe to fly people in the coming years. Lueders, a respected expert in the sector, is already familiar with the company's human spaceflight work to date.

☆ NASA delays Boeing Starliner's debut crewed voyage
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Joey Roulette | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Starliner's debut crewed mission, which will carry commander Butch Wilmore and pilot Suni Williams, to the International Space Station will be a crucial moment for Boeing's space unit. The delay comes as Boeing and NASA performed extra testing on several areas of the spacecraft. "Boeing has conducted more than a dozen Starliner battery thermal runaway tests, stressing the battery cells beyond their intended limit. Federal procurement data shows NASA has agreed to pay Boeing at least $24.8 million for the upgrade of that system. NASA and Boeing's aim to have the valves redesigned for future missions initiated a dispute with Boeing's propulsion system supplier.

☆ SpaceX astronauts on an all-private mission to the ISS are spending a day free flying in orbit after their return home was delayed
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-24 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

SpaceX astronauts on the Ax-1 ISS mission will return on Monday, NASA's head of spaceflights said. Poor weather conditions delayed the return of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship. "We want about 2-days between #Ax1 return & Crew-4 launch for @NASA & @SpaceX to complete data reviews & stage recovery assets. Ax-1 includes a crew of four in the first all-private flight, which took place aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spaceship. Axiom is expected to launch a second commercial mission to the ISS in late 2022 or spring 2023.

☆ NASA va construi o staţie spaţială pe orbita Lunii împreună cu Agenţia Spaţială Europeană
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

ESA a obţinut, de asemenea, trei oportunităţi de misiune pentru astronauţi europeni la bordul staţiei orbitale Gateway. Staţia orbitală Gateway nu va avea un rol în această primă misiune, însă, conform NASA, această staţie va avea o misiune importantă pe termen lung în ceea ce priveşte permanentizarea prezenţei umane pe orbita selenară. Aceste două elemente ale staţiei Gateway sunt construite de companiile americane Maxar Technologies (pentru PPE), respectiv Northrop Grumman (HALO). Modulele de aselenizare vor fi construite de una sau mai multe companii americane. NASA urmează să selecteze una sau mai multe dintre variantele de module de aselenizare propuse de aceste grupuri la începutul anului viitor.

Persons: Artemis, Kathy, Jeff Bezos, Jan Wörner, Jeff Bezos Organizations: NASA, PPE, Power, Maxar Technologies, Northrop Grumman, National, ESA, NASA, Northrop Grumman (HALO), Dynetics, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Jan Wörner Locations: NASA, and, Staţie

☆ NASA va construi o staţie spaţială pe orbita Lunii împreună cu Agenţia Spaţială Europeană
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

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