SpaceX to launch Polaris Dawn, with first commercial spacewalk, no earlier than July 31

The first commercial spaceflight mission with spacewalk now has a launch date. Polaris Dawnpart of a private space program funded by billionaire Jared Isaacman, will not launch before July 31, project officials announced in a brief statement today (July 3). on X. Isaacman and SpaceX founder and director Elon Muskwhose company will supply the Polaris … Read more

Bob Menendez’s attorneys are involving their family in their defense during the trial

NEW YORK — After hearing from 30 prosecution witnesses who testified in his federal corruption trial, Sen. Bob Menendez this week called on his family and forensic accountants as his lawyers argued that the New Jersey Democrat did not take bribes from wealthy businessmen and that his parents, who were Cuban refugees, taught him to … Read more

Federal judge partially blocks US ban on non-compete agreements: NPR

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission building is seen on September 19, 2006 in Washington, DC Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images hide caption switch caption Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images A federal court in Texas has partially blocked the government’s ban on non-compete agreements, which was set to take effect September 4. Ryan LLC, … Read more

Microsoft lays off workers in new round of cuts – GeekWire

The Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington. (GeekWire file photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft this week rolled out another round of layoffs, part of the latest workforce reductions the Redmond tech giant has made this year. The cuts affected multiple teams and regions. Microsoft declined to provide details on the number of employees laid off. Posts … Read more

Why Military Contracts Are Critical to Business

I get the impression that – outside of the industry – when most people hear the word “space” or think of “investing in space,” they think of science, exploration, astronauts, and maybe some Hollywood-corrupted images of alternative space shuttles. But the reality is that space has been a “warfare domain” from the beginning, as the … Read more

Goats and Soda: NPR

A patient with AIDS in a community hospital in the Central African Republic. Sub-Saharan Africa has high rates of HIV infection — and was the site of a trial to test the effectiveness of a new strategy for preventing infection. Barbara Debout/AFP via Getty Images hide caption switch caption Barbara Debout/AFP via Getty Images For … Read more