Blue Origin successfully completed its tenth human spaceflight and the 30th flight for the New Shepard program New Shepard has now flown 52 people into space “There’s nothing like seeing the diversity among our crews and this mission brought together people from all over the world—scientists “It’s always inspiring to hear their unique perspectives about the life-changing impact of seeing Earth from space Huge thanks to our customers for supporting our mission to build a road to space for the benefit of Earth.”    Go here to fly on a future New Shepard mission. Commemorative merchandise from today’s mission can be purchased at the Blue Origin Shop view a full replay of today’s flight below Blue Origin announced today its 10th human flight will lift off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Tuesday The New Shepard launch window opens at 9:30 AM CST / 15:30 UTC The webcast on BlueOrigin.com will start at T-35 minutes Blue Origin released the NS-30 mission patch Blue Origin anunció hoy que su décimo vuelo tripulado La ventana del lanzamiento de New Shepard se abrirá a las 9:30 a.m La transmisión pública  comenzará T-35 minutos en blueorigin.com Blue Origin también anuncia el nuevo parche de la misión NS-30 Para mas información sobre nuestra tripulación, visita nuestro anuncio previo Blue Origin today revealed the six people flying on its NS-30 mission Lane is flying on New Shepard for the second time This mission is the 10th human flight for the New Shepard program and the 30th in its history the program has flown 47 humans above the Kármán line the internationally recognized boundary of space Lane is the Principal and Founder of Bess Ventures and Advisory a family office fund supporting technology firms that innovate and disrupt across multiple market sectors He has led and built some of the world’s largest cybersecurity companies Lane also serves as a Trustee at Carnegie Mellon University and supports philanthropic interests across health and social issues Lane first flew to space on NS-19 on December 11 Jesús’s adventures have taken him to every corner of the world Jesús has participated in numerous international racing competitions including four editions of the Dakar Rally and a 3,400-mile journey from the French Pyrenees to Dakar a research and development company focused on AI-assisted media products Elaine was born in Singapore and grew up in Australia Space has captivated her imagination since childhood she studied business and physics with the goal of inventing experiments to be conducted in space Elaine soon immigrated to the United States where she worked as an intern at the University of Pennsylvania and later became a research scientist He was a founding partner and CEO of IVIRMA Global the world’s largest fertility care group with clinics and laboratories in 10 countries Scott is an adjunct professor at Yale University and the University of South Carolina (Greenville) Medical Schools and founded The Foundation for Embryonic Competence a nonprofit focused on reproduction research where he also serves as Scientific Director He has served on the national boards of Directors of the Resolve and the American Fertility Associations the two largest patient advocacy organizations for fertility care He and his wife have been married for 45 years and have four children Tushar is a partner and the co-head of research at a quantitative hedge fund in New York City He studied physics as an undergraduate at MIT and high energy experimental particle physics for his PhD are philanthropists focused on addressing issues related to poverty Tushar es socio y codirector de investigación en un fondo cuantitativo en Nueva York. Estudió física en MIT y física experimental de partículas para su doctorado también en MIT. Él y su esposa Sara son filántropos enfocados en abordar problemas relacionados con la pobreza, la salud y la educación. Tienen dos hijos.  La fecha de la misión será anunciada próximamente.  Blue Origin won a contract to serve as a National Security Space Launch Phase 3 Lane 2 heavy-lift provider for the nation’s most critical missions. Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin company, was contracted by Firefly to provide the lunar rover for the company’s recently awarded NASA task order to explore the Gruithuisen Domes on the Moon’s near side in 2028. SubscribeSign up to receive updates on Blue Origin's announcements Please click to confirm your consent to receive email updates from us. Note - you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at privacy@blueorigin.com or by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in the emails we send to you. Please review our privacy policy(opens in a new tab) for more information on how we process your data Read in English Se le ha pedido a la presidenta de Northern Illinois University que sirva como delegada en la misión comercial del gobernador de Illinois el Departamento de Comercio y Oportunidades Económicas de Illinois (DCEO) el Departamento de Agricultura de Illinois (IDOA) e Intersect Illinois se unirán al viaje con líderes del sector público y privado de todo el estado Un comunicado de prensa dice que la delegación se centrará en "mejorar la colaboración" en agricultura y el procesamiento de alimentos la oficina de Pritzker dice que México es el segundo mercado de exportación más grande del estado México es el tercer mercado importador más grande de Illinois y el estado importa más de 19 mil millones de dólares en bienes equipos de transporte y productos electrónicos Los agricultores de Illinois se encuentran entre los más beneficiados con 1.56 mil millones de dólares en 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article and all of AL-Monitor For subscription inquiries, please contact subscription.support@al-monitor.com For all other inquiries, please use contactus@al-monitor.com Francis: “We are all responsible for the mission of the Church” Whether one is a “bus driver” or a “farmer” or a “fisherman,” says the Pope in the video accompanying his prayer the mission is the same: “to bear witness with our lives,” “each one contributing what he knows best” “For a shared mission” is the prayer intention chosen by Francis for October: a theme linked to the upcoming general assembly of the Synod, which the Pope reflects in the message entrusted to his World Prayer Network religious – to “walk together along the path of synodality,” explaining that “we are co-responsible in the mission we participate and live in communion with the Church.” The video that accompanies his words is also a sign of synodality: the images were produced by the Diocese of Brooklyn, with the help of DeSales Media, the collaboration of the General Secretariat of the Synod itself and the support of the Pope’s Fondazione Pro Rete Mondiale di Preghiera Whether one is a “bus driver” or a “farmer” or a “fisherman,” Francis stressed the mission is the same: “to bear witness with one’s own life,” “each one contributing what he knows best.” In this co-responsibility regardless of one’s vocation: “We priests are not the bosses of the laity but to complement one another,” he explains at the beginning of his message The images that accompany Francis’ message tell precisely the richness of the holy people of God (Lumen Gentium 12): the various ministers inside and outside the parishes The very production of this video by the Diocese of Brooklyn with the participation of a group of lay professionals in religious communication “I am very pleased that DeSales Media has been selected to work on the October Pope Video project Through our partnership with DeSales Media we have highlighted the contributions of the laity in our diocese and challenged the faithful to create a bold joyful and welcoming community of faith and service,” said Monsignor Robert J a communications and media ministry of the Diocese of Brooklyn partnered with the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network to produce Pope Francis’ October message on shared responsibility “Our team strives to live out our shared mission every day we have been called to put our talents and expertise at the service of the Church,” said Dominic Ambrosio Director of Programming and Production for DeSales Media “We hope that our efforts in producing this video will inspire others to share even more of their talents and faith.” In his address for the 50th anniversary of the Synod of Bishops Francis said that “synodality is the path that God expects of the Church of the third millennium.” This approach requires mutual listening and close collaboration among all members of the Church the Pope invites us to pray so that “the Church continues to support by all means a synodal lifestyle communion and shared mission among priests International Director of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network reflects: “This month of October 2024 marks a crucial moment with the celebration of the Synodal Assembly in Rome the culmination of a journey that began three years ago and is full of expectations in the midst of the spiritual combat that will inevitably be present to what the Spirit of the Lord says to the Church Francis emphasizes the essential: ‘We are co-responsible in the mission.’ This approach the fact that it takes three years to become aware of its necessity reflects the challenges facing the Church on its journey towards true synodality As the Holy Father has reminded us many times Only prayer can transform hearts attached to human traditions and self-interest and make the Church more faithful to the Gospel the Pope invites us to join together in prayer for the Synod so that it may be a true moment of encounter This month’s Pope Video was made possible thanks to the help of the Diocese of Brooklyn through the creative contribution of DeSales Media, the support of the Fondazione Pro Rete Mondiale di Preghiera del Papa and the collaboration with the General Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. 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Donations can be made at this link The Fondazione Pro Rete Mondiale di Preghiera del Papa is a non-profit organization that aims to support the international activities and projects of the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network The modalities can be multiple: organization and management of cultural artistic and recreational activities; charitable initiatives in support of the most disadvantaged: promotion and protection of human civil and social rights; support for spiritual or missionary activities in the poorest or most disadvantaged areas of the world where the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network operates directly or through its local offices and parish groups of the Apostleship of Prayer or the Eucharistic Youth Movement the importance of spirituality and prayer as effective instruments for the promotion of peace Pope Francis to young couples in an unpublished text: believe in the “joy of love” Cardinal Parolin at the Novendalia Mass: “Mercy leads us to the heart of faith” Pope Francis’ Tomb in Santa Maria Maggiore Tweets by Pontifex You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page KQED Live EventsPRX Podcast Garage EventsEvents Around the Bay AreaMember Benefits with KQED LiveVideos from KQED LiveWatch recordings of recent KQED Live events FeaturedThat's My WordAn ongoing exploration of Bay Area hip-hop history See Senior Director of TV Programming Meredith Speight’s recommendations from this month’s KQED 9 Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift Estrella Gonzalez of Estrellita's Snacks prepares food in her commercial space at La Cocina kitchen in San Francisco  (Carlos Cabrera-Lomelí/KQED en Español)Food transcends language and for immigrants in a country where everything is new 16 years ago, Maria del Carmen Flores founded Estrellita’s Snacks in the heart of the Mission as a food vending operation selling a variety of Salvadoran antojitos like plátanos fritos and yucca and plantain chips in local bars and businesses Today, Maria’s daughter Estrella Gonzalez leads the business with her children, Estrella Natale Oceguera and Angel Acevedo. After waiting two years, Estrellita’s Snacks finally opened in La Cocina’s Municipal Marketplace alongside other small businesses led by women chefs and entrepreneurs Though Maria del Carmen no longer works onsite at the restaurant In a bilingual conversation as part of KQED’s Mi Herencia event series KQED en Español reporter Carlos Cabrera-Lomeli spoke with the two generations of Estrellita’s Snacks about perfecting plátano frying techniques starting your own business as an immigrant entrepreneur and lessons they learned from their family matriarch We’ve translated portions of this interview in Spanish and edited for clarity. Watch the original conversation on Facebook. Carlos: Tell us about the moment Maria del Carmen decided to start Estrellita’s Snacks when I got an intense craving for platanitos So we went to the store and purchased about ten platanitos and she started frying them el antojo is just a little craving—that’s all I wanted She asked me what she should do with all the leftovers she bought a few Ziploc bags and went out to sell the rest “Te animas a salir conmigo a caminar a La Misión to the bars,” she told me “We’re going to sell them.” and continued through the night until we sold all of them We ended up making a lot more than we invested in for a few plantains she said she knew exactly what she was going to do este negocio se va a crecer,” she said How did your mother go from street vending in the Mission to securing a spot in La Cocina’s first municipal marketplace When she began to put effort into making her business which was complicated because she didn’t (well So she started asking a variety of people for help on how to open her own business She’d say that while she didn’t speak English she’d find help on how to get this or that Some people told her to go to City Hall for her permiso or business license We worked out of and rented space in two restaurants before getting to La Cocina someone told her about a spot that supported small businesses in the Mission she asked a young kid where the address to La Cocina was “¿Cómo que enfrente?” she realized that she lived directly in front of La Cocina The same place that could help her start producing her business was right across the street from her home Thank god people there speak both English and Spanish and could help Estrellita’s Snacks managed to do something very unique in a very hard time How does it feel to finally have your own place—especially during a pandemic when so many businesses have lost everything This project would have launched in early 2020 and so [La Cocina] told us to pause and wait to see what happens [At that point] we continued at farmers’ markets which was something essential and would stay open to the public But even sales at the farmers’ market were low La Cocina provided us with support and resources and told us not to worry about rent This year La Cocina told us we could begin planning our opening That was fine because what mattered to us was to actually get started so that we could finally open in accordance with the city more movement and sales are starting to increase a little bit I had the opportunity to meet your mother at a farmers market I noticed that she had two stars in her front teeth Why is Estrella—the name and the shape—so important to the family and the business she always dreamed of being an artist—to be a star she told herself that at least she’d have a daughter named Estrella And the business all started with an antojo a craving that was [mine] but also her granddaughter’s [as I was pregnant with Natale] That’s why she named the business Estrellita’s Snacks she asked if they could put stars when she had work done on her teeth They put a custom order out to Honduras to represent her business Maria del Carmen got to know three distinct countries with their own culinary traditions: Salvadoreña From the menu of Estrellita’s Snacks can we get to know a bit about the three countries that the family lived in and traveled through she faced an obstacle that prevented her from doing so early on she found the love of her life and stayed there for many years She started another business in Mexico but faced many obstacles for being a Salvadoran immigrant but an opportunity arose when another woman asked her to travel alongside her to the United States But we focus mostly on comida Salvadoreña For anyone that’s thinking about starting a business Focus on getting informed and finding the right people who can connect you to support Find out where to get your licenses and find a kitchen you can cook in that goal and let no one steal your dreams Many people told my mom that she couldn’t do it because she didn’t speak English pero mi comida habla por mí.” You represent four generations of business owners going back to El Salvador: your grandmother That’s four generations directly involved in this spirit of offering food to the community My children help me and they’re learning [to cook] how my mother taught me Like my mom says: “Prefiero que trabajen conmigo y no trabajen con la [otra] gente.” With me you’ll have the opportunity to have a flexible schedule and you can continue studying and then in the afternoons help me Once they’re done with school for the day they ask me how they can help me in the kitchen and I tell them salimos más rápido también.” [If we work together] I hope that one day they can continue the legacy if that’s what they want to do as well Angel: I don’t ever want to let go of it I fell in love with everything: the cooking what are some of your earliest memories of helping your grandmother in the kitchen at the beginning of Estrellita’s Snacks Angel: Here’s a little secret: I’ve only recently learned how to throw down on the pupusas because I didn’t know how to make them for so long I never asked my grandmother because she always had it on lock; she was just like a machine But now I’m in there and I want to learn everything So I’ve only just recently learned how to make pupusas My grandmother always made it an initiative of hers that we learned how to hustle and never depend on anybody And so that is why we now take care of the family business because we see the same thing can get passed on and create generational wealth down the timeline you mentioned that you just recently started learning how to make your mother and grandmother’s pupusas How did you learn or start practicing the recipes And what do you do to try to make them special Then I tried and my pupusa was falling apart So I started taking notes and videos and pictures with my iPhone I would study them and the next day I’d try again until I got it I remember my grandmother would make me a pupusa and it would have this really crisp nice taste because it had the right amount of filling inside What I try to do when I’m making a pupusa is that I try to flatten it really nicely and leave it real like chicken or cheese or spinach and cheese And then I wrap them around and find it out and I try to make it like she did as best that I could I’m usually the one that’s peeling the plantains and frying them with my stepdad La Cocina’s Municipal Marketplace is the first marketplace in the country that’s entirely led by women how does it feel to be in a space that’s led by women and I just think it’s very woman-powered But seeing women owning the business and working the business is really amazing to me and powerful you had some advice for preparing plátanos fritos what is the secret to making the most delicious plátanos fritos at home make sure you pick the plantain that isn’t too ripe That’s when you know that plantain is ready to fry If you get them when they’re still yellow and fry them I always recommend you look for those qualities in the plantain you select top it all off with some refried red beans (also known as Honduran beans) a bit of cheese and some cream ¡Provecho "MaestraPeace" mural on the Women's Building overlooks homes on 18th Street in the Mission District San Francisco. (CTG/SF/Flickr)If you walk down 24th Street today you’ll see colorful murals and papel picado hanging overhead How did this area come to be the center of Latinx life and community in San Francisco It’s actually one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city and has been home to many different people who spoke the Ramaytush language and were one of more than 50 Ohlone groups to live in the Bay Area for hundreds of years before Europeans came the Spanish arrived and chose the Mission for their settlement when gold was found in 1848 it changed everything The news about the gold rush spread internationally and people with mining experience from places like Mexico Chile and Peru came looking for a shot at fortune many established homes near present-day North Beach “That’s what the people will call the Latin Quarter,” said Carlos Cordova professor emeritus at San Francisco State University “That was really the hub where people in the community would do their economic business.” fewer and fewer miners were striking it rich in the gold fields But people kept coming to San Francisco for new jobs being created here and San Francisco’s deep-water harbor was a thriving port The city was growing and work was plentiful San Francisco’s early Latinx residents made their mark on the city in many ways Take the Potrero Hill neighborhood: “Potrero” is a Spanish word “That means the place where you keep the horses and other animals “And there were many slaughterhouses in that area.” Tanneries and shoe factories opened in Potrero Hill A lot of Latinx residents living in the Latin Quarter got jobs at those slaughterhouses and factories and moved to the neighborhood coffee brands like Hills Brothers and Folgers established warehouses along the Embarcadero and near Rincon Hill They’d import the coffee from Central and South America and employ Latinx people living here who knew their way around coffee production These large employers meant that at the end of the 1800s and during the turn of the 20th century most of San Francisco’s Latinx residents lived in what we now know as North Beach Soon more manufacturing would emerge in the Mission District “One of the oldest companies here in San Francisco was Levi Strauss,” Cordova said African Americans and Asian women actually worked there as seamstresses.” Even though Latinx folk were employed at the Levi Strauss factory at 14th and Valencia streets in the Mission they didn’t live in the neighborhood yet Italian and Russian immigrants who had settled in the Mission earlier now the beating heart of latinidad in San Francisco was an Irish stronghold in the early part of the 20th century It wasn’t until the 1930s that the Mission District as we’ve come to know it began to take shape Families were trickling into the area for jobs already but the trickle became a flood when work began on the Bay Bridge in 1933 One of the massive pillars was built right through the area where many Latinx residents lived The project forced people to relocate their homes and businesses World War II was a boom time throughout the Bay Area especially in shipbuilding and other war efforts People from all over the country and world once again saw San Francisco as a place to find a good job “We had already the connections,” said Cordoba “People follow their relatives.” This is called a social migration network: People follow their friends and relatives to new opportunities in foreign lands The new arrivals to San Francisco needed places to live Soldiers returning from war needed places to live Housing developers built large tracts of homes on the west side of San Francisco in places like the Sunset District and Daly City Many people who had been living in the Mission moved to these newly built neighborhoods Redlining prevented them from buying in many places and racist lending policies made it difficult for them to get the low-interest loans that white borrowers received “The Irish and other white ethnic groups moved from the Mission and then Latinos came to the Mission,” said Cordova The final factor pushing San Francisco’s Latinx residents into the Mission was the Broadway Tunnel Its construction forced Latinx business owners to relocate their shops Important businesses like Casa Sanchez and its tortilla chips — still a thriving business today — had to move As Latinx folks were moving to the Mission and forming a community they were watching another community in San Francisco be destroyed: the Fillmore San Francisco City Hall had a thirst for “urban renewal,” the practice of tearing down so-called “slums” to make way for new development Fillmore residents — part of a vibrant African American community — were forced out of their homes often without much warning or adequate compensation from the city [the city] lied to the African American community,” said Roberto Hernandez and remembers the destruction of the neighborhood Though the city had promised Fillmore residents they could move back after the neighborhood was rebuilt High-cost condominiums and studio spaces were built in the neighborhood and homes owned by Black families were destroyed Black residents either couldn’t afford to move back textile factories were leaving the Mission for Asia or Latin America That exodus left the Mission spotted with empty lots and buildings The city’s redevelopment agency targeted it for “improvement.” The city had a plan to introduce two BART stations along Mission Street They planned to build massive high-rises with housing and offices and a plaza for commercial use This urban-renewal plan was a red flag to Mission residents who didn’t want to see what happened in the Fillmore happen to them Residents began organizing to fight the city The Mission Coalition Organization helped organize the community into “block clubs,” ready to mobilize with a word from their block captains The block clubs became the foundation of a larger movement for Mission residents to decide what support their community needed and how to work together to get it “It was a beautiful time to see how well-organized the whole neighborhood [was],” Hernandez said “I felt like it was like Godzilla vs Bambi because of the power that their redevelopment had at the time was to come in and literally wipe out communities.” This form of organizing was a huge success It brought the community together and got everyone involved And the Mission community needed that unity to fight the city over the redevelopment plan and he listened to the Mission organizers who had their own ideas about what would help revitalize the community and support its residents Winning the fight not only saved the Mission from redevelopment it solidified a feeling of unity among residents proudly displaying their cultural identities Two BART stations were built in the Mission and homes and businesses were destroyed to make room for the 16th and 24th street stations A McDonald’s opened at the corner of Mission and 24th “It’s even more meaningful because [of] knowing what we as a community were able to stop,” Hernandez said referring to the destruction of the Fillmore District when we look today at how it wiped out the African American community The residents of the Mission had pushed for the right to decide what happened in their community and won That power carried them forward as they developed plans to invest in the well-being of its people The neighborhood also got federal funding through the Model Cities Program which helped support the projects they’d outlined to city leaders Important Mission organizations still working to support the community like the Mission Hiring Hall and the Mission Housing Development Corporation the Mission has continued to grow and change notably Salvadorans and Nicaraguans who were fleeing wars at home Organizers like Hernandez created public celebrations of Latinx identity that brought neighbors from different backgrounds together to celebrate their unique identities Carnival and Fiesta de las Americas all bring the city to the Mission in celebration When I travel to the Mission District today I’m grateful for my elders who fought to preserve this community I love when I catch a glimpse of a lowrider or hear snippets of cumbia music floating out from the shops the sound of Spanish being spoken — this is where I can express my latinidad proudly and it’s time to get organized once again in defense of home To learn more about how we use your information, please read our privacy policy. Download policy report This year provides a rare moment for the UK: a potential change of national administration could trigger a radical shift in the way government is structured and delivered The challenges facing the country have rarely been greater and more complex and the prevailing model of government as it is currently constructed is not up to the task of tackling them This report explores mission-driven government as an alternative theory and practice of statecraft to meet the scale of today’s challenges applied specifically to the context of a possible progressive UK government the paper connects the strategic intent of a missions approach with the practical challenges of UK governance This research draws on expert interviews and builds out from the seminal work of author Professor Mariana Mazzucato at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) She has established clear criteria for missions (Mazzucato, 2019) and made the case for mission-oriented government (Mazzucato 2021). IIPP has extensive experience of working with governments and organisations around the world to implement the mission-oriented approach who have been at the forefront of operationalising a mission-oriented approach to public service delivery and organisational change The overriding philosophy running through this report is leading with purpose, governing in partnership In short this means recognising the critical and legitimate role the UK government has in providing a strong direction for society and the economy while at the same time having the humility to know that it cannot deliver missions alone mission-driven government would invest in the strategies needed to work collaboratively in broad coalitions across and beyond the state Each explores A) a core principle for mission-driven government B) the reality of today’s UK political context and C) the strategies an incoming progressive government should consider Mazzucato, M., et al. (2024). Mission Critical : Statecraft for the 21st Century. UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Policy Report 2024/04. Available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/publications/2024/may/mission-critical-statecraft-21st-century Mission Critical: Statecraft for the 21st Century sets out how to design and implement mission-driven governance in the UK building on IIPP’s longstanding engagement with partners worldwide from city councils to national administrations and multilateral organizations in developing and implementing mission-oriented policies The report’s key recommendations include:   Browse more IIPP policy publications El Tecolote Europa Clipper’s main science goal is to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter’s icy moon The mission’s three main science objectives are to understand the nature of the ice shell and the ocean beneath it along with the moon’s composition and geology The mission’s detailed exploration of Europa will help scientists better understand the astrobiological potential for habitable worlds beyond our planet NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will perform dozens of close flybys of Jupiter’s moon Europa gathering detailed measurements to investigate the moon will make nearly 50 flybys of Europa at closest-approach altitudes as low as 16 miles (25 kilometers) above the surface soaring over a different location during each flyby to scan nearly the entire moon With its massive solar arrays and radar antennas Europa Clipper is the largest spacecraft NASA has ever developed for a planetary mission The spacecraft has large solar arrays to collect enough light for its power needs as it operates in the Jupiter system which is more than five times as far from the Sun as Earth The spacecraft will be about 16 feet (5 meters) in height the spacecraft spans more than 100 feet (30.5 meters) and has a dry mass (no propellant in the tanks) of 7,145 pounds (3,241 kg) Because Europa is bathed in radiation trapped in Jupiter's magnetic field Europa Clipper's payload and other electronics will be enclosed in a thick-walled vault This strategy of armoring up to go to Jupiter with a radiation vault was developed and successfully used for the first time by NASA’s Juno spacecraft The vault walls – made of titanium and aluminum – will act as a radiation shield against most of the high-energy atomic particles dramatically slowing down degradation of the spacecraft's electronics Europa shows strong evidence for an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust Europa is considered one of the most promising places where we might find currently habitable environments in our solar system Europa Clipper will determine whether there are places below Europa’s surface that could support life The spacecraft's payload will include cameras and spectrometers to produce high-resolution images and composition maps of Europa's surface and thin atmosphere an ice-penetrating radar to search for subsurface water and a magnetometer and gravity measurements to unlock clues about its ocean and deep interior The spacecraft will also carry a thermal instrument to pinpoint locations of warmer ice and perhaps recent eruptions of water and instruments to measure the composition of tiny particles in the moon's thin atmosphere and surrounding space environment Learn about Europa Clipper’s science goals › View the mission timeline › The Mission District is home to a diverse set of local food businesses with owners from all over the world.  but due to circumstances out of her control she had to request asylum status in the United States in hopes of finding a life without violence “My country was and is still going through a complicated situation,” expressed Ruiz with a crack in her voice “Ni modo; I had to search for other alternatives to a new life because my safety is a priority.” she realized there were no places nearby to get food for lunch Ruiz brought arepas for her coworkers to see if they would enjoy them Arepas are a traditional Colombian and Venezuelan dish made from dough and stuffed with various fillings “It was a total success,” Ruiz shared with El Tecolote “Even though a lot of people do not know Venezuelan cuisine in the Bay area Ruiz continued to bring them to work and sell them to her coworkers There came a point where she had two jobs — working at the warehouse and selling lunch to everyone Ruiz decides to quit her warehouse job and fully dedicate herself to selling Venezuelan food “The two hardest things have been getting some public rejections regarding my Venezuelan food because of how unfamiliar they are with it or because I haven’t mastered the English language,” Ruiz said but I’m also very resilient so I am consistently working to not let that get me down.” Ruiz’s family has been her greatest motivation to keep up with La Andina and her life here in the U.S Her parents visit from Venezuela from time to time and two years ago she brought her daughter to live with her “I am very grateful to everyone that has supported me starting my life here in San Francisco,” Ruiz said She can be found most days in front of Casa Luca’s on 24th and Alabama streets which are savory sweet corn pancakes with queso fresco inside “My dream is to grow in this country and to have my own restaurant one day.” NASA has authorized a mission extension for its Juno spacecraft exploring Jupiter. The agency’s most distant planetary orbiter will now continue its investigation of the solar system’s largest planet through September 2025, or until the spacecraft’s end of life. This expansion tasks Juno with becoming an explorer of the full Jovian system – Jupiter and its rings and moons – with multiple rendezvous planned for three of Jupiter’s most intriguing Galilean moons: Ganymede, Europa, and Io. “Since its first orbit in 2016, Juno has delivered one revelation after another about the inner workings of this massive gas giant,” said principal investigator Scott Bolton of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio. “With the extended mission, we will answer fundamental questions that arose during Juno’s prime mission while reaching beyond the planet to explore Jupiter’s ring system and Galilean satellites.” Proposed in 2003 and launched in 2011, Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016. The prime mission will be completed in July 2021. The extended mission involves 42 additional orbits, including close passes of Jupiter’s north polar cyclones; flybys of Ganymede, Europa, and Io; as well as the first extensive exploration of the faint rings encircling the planet. “By extending the science goals of this important orbiting observatory, the Juno team will start tackling a breadth of science historically required of flagships,” said Lori Glaze, planetary science division director at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “This represents an efficient and innovative advance for NASA’s solar system exploration strategy.” The data Juno collects will contribute to the goals of the next generation of missions to the Jovian system – NASA’s Europa Clipper and the ESA (European Space Agency) JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) mission. Juno’s investigation of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io addresses many science goals identified by the National Academy of Sciences for a future Io explorer mission. NASA has extended the mission of its Juno spacecraft exploring Jupiter The extended mission involves 42 additional orbits Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRIThe extended mission’s science campaigns will expand on discoveries Juno has already made about Jupiter’s interior structure Juno becomes its own follow-on mission,” said Steve Levin Juno project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California radio occultations” – a remote sensing technique to measure properties of a planetary atmosphere or ring systems – “satellite flybys and focused magnetic field studies combine to make a new mission the next logical step in our exploration of the Jovian system.” an isolated patch of intense magnetic field near the planet’s equator will be the target of a high-spatial-resolution magnetic survey during six flybys early in the extended mission as well as multiple passages through Jupiter’s tenuous rings With three giant blades stretching out some 66 feet (20 meters) from its cylindrical, six-sided body, the Juno spacecraft is a dynamic engineering marvel, spinning to keep itself stable as it makes oval-shaped orbits around Jupiter. View the full interactive experience at Eyes on the Solar System Juno will also fly through the Europa and Io tori – ring-shaped clouds of ions – on multiple occasions characterizing the radiation environment near these satellites to better prepare the Europa Clipper and JUICE missions for optimizing observation strategies and planning The extended mission also adds a study of dust in Jupiter’s faint rings to Juno’s extensive list of science investigations The natural evolution of Juno’s orbit around the gas giant provides the wealth of new science opportunities that the extended mission capitalizes on Every science pass sends the solar-powered spacecraft zooming low over Jupiter’s cloud tops collecting data from a unique vantage point no other spacecraft has enjoyed The point during each orbit where Juno comes closest to the planet is called perijove (or PJ) dramatically improving resolution over the northern hemisphere The design of the extended mission takes advantage of the continued northward migration of these perijoves to sharpen its view of the multiple cyclones encircling the north pole while incorporating ring and Galilean moon flybys “The mission designers have done an amazing job crafting an extended mission that conserves the mission’s single most valuable onboard resource – fuel,” said Ed Hirst “Gravity assists from multiple satellite flybys steer our spacecraft through the Jovian system while providing a wealth of science opportunities.” The satellite flybys also reduce Juno’s orbital period which increases the total number of science orbits that can be obtained.” The satellite encounters begin with a low-altitude flyby of Ganymede on June 7 which reduces the orbital period from about 53 days to 43 days That flyby sets up a close flyby of Europa on Sept reducing the orbital period further to 38 days combine to reduce the orbital period to 33 days manages the Juno mission for the principal investigator of the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio Juno is part of NASA’s New Frontiers Program which is managed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville for the agency’s Science Mission Directorate in Washington Lockheed Martin Space in Denver built and operates the spacecraft More information about Juno is available at: https://www.nasa.gov/juno https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu Follow the mission on Facebook and Twitter at: https://www.facebook.com/NASASolarSystem https://www.twitter.com/NASASolarSystem agle@jpl.nasa.gov grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov / alana.r.johnson@nasa.gov dschmid@swri.org NASA’s Juno Mission Gets Under Jupiter’s and Io’s Surface Mars. NASA Orbiter Spots Curiosity Rover Making Tracks to Next Science Stop Solar System. NASA’s EZIE Mission Captures ‘First Light’ Mars. NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Studies Trove of Rocks on Crater Rim Solar System. NASA’s Juno Back to Normal Operations After Entering Safe Mode Mars. Perseverance Rover Witnesses One Martian Dust Devil Eating Another Mars. How NASA’s Perseverance Is Helping Prepare Astronauts for Mars Mars. NASA’s Curiosity Rover Detects Largest Organic Molecules Found on Mars Stars and Galaxies. NASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning Solar System. NASA Turns Off 2 Voyager Science Instruments to Extend Mission Explore MoreQUIZZES. Image. Juno Sees Turbulence in Jupiter's Atmosphere Image. Juno's JIRAM Captures Hots Spots on Io Image. Curiosity on the Road to Boxwork Formations Image. Image. Curiosity Looks Downslope From the Sulfate Unit Image. Image. Curiosity Surveys the 'Ubajara' Sampling Site on Mars Image. Image. The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) astronauts are part of the latest class of space pioneers and Axiom Space's next crew to expand access to the International Space Station (ISS) and low-Earth orbit multinational crew conducted extensive research and engaged with audiences around the world as champions of science Their efforts continued to lay the groundwork and establish the key capabilities needed to build out and operate Axiom Station the world's first commercial space station Relive the excitement of the Ax-2 Mission - a 10 day research and outreach packed mission laying the groundwork for expanded access to low-Earth orbit The Ax-2 crew aboard the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft safely splashed down off the coast of Florida at 11:04 p.m Ax-2 Crew undocked from the Harmony module at 11:05 a.m ET after completing 10 days in space conducting scientific experiments and outreach activities The hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the ISS closed at 9:20 a.m readying the vehicle for undocking and the Ax-2 crew's return to Earth HRH Princess Reema Bint Bandar Bin Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al SaudSaudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) was Axiom Space’s second all-private astronaut mission to the International Space Station (ISS) marking another pivotal step toward Axiom Station the world’s first commercial space station and successor to the ISS The four-person Axiom Space crew flew to space in SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft atop its Falcon 9 rocket to participate in the mission including working and living on the orbiting laboratory to implement a full manifest of science Axiom Space’s Director of Human Spaceflight Peggy Whitson The two mission specialists are Ali Alqarni and Rayyanah Barnawi from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) Axiom Space’s Ax-2 mission continues progress toward the Axiom Station and a sustainable low-Earth orbit economy as humans venture farther for longer duration in space Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) expanded access for users to conduct robust scientific research technology demonstrations in low-Earth orbit As the second private mission to the International National Space station Ax-2 is an important step for Axiom Space and its academic and industrial partners to perform proof-of-concept studies and cutting-edge advancements in microgravity The four-person multinational astronaut crew of Ax-2 conducted more than 20 different experiments while aboard the space station made possible by Axiom Space’s full-service integration into the NASA process for science and technology activities onboard the ISS Data collected in-flight will impact understanding of human physiology on Earth and on-orbit as well as establish the utility of novel technologies that could be used for future human spaceflight pursuits and humankind on Earth Axiom Space’s partnerships offer the opportunity to expand the commercial space economy and support commercial innovations and manufacturing of biomedical products and advanced materials in low-Earth orbit Axiom Space is facilitating exciting and impactful scientific research and in-space manufacturing via Axiom Space missions to help expand knowledge to benefit life on Earth in areas such as healthcare DNA inspired Janus-based nanomaterials are biologically inspired nanotubes that can be used for therapeutic mRNA delivery or other therapeutics at room temperature and as a first-in-kind injectable scaffold for cartilage repair This project will leverage microgravity to optimize the assembly of DNA-based nanomaterials for multiple therapeutic uses and ultimately develop standards for in-space manufacturing of nanomaterials for a wide range of therapeutic applications Axiom Space is contributing to the NASA-funded In-Space Production Applications project through the Ax-2 mission Cloud seeding is the process of artificially generating rain by implanting clouds with particles such as silver iodide (AgI) crystals Cloud seeding has been adopted by many countries to increase precipitation in areas suffering with droughts cloud seeding will be examined for the first time in space under microgravity conditions Moist air and AgI crystals will be mixed in a reaction chamber to examine the possibility of nucleation where water vapor condenses on AgI crystals to form water droplets The outcome of this experiment will help develop weather control technology to generate artificial rain in future human settlements on the Moon and Mars This project seeks insights into the impact of microgravity on producing stem cells and stem cell-derived products in space  Using space to evaluate the steps used in terrestrial manufacturing to reprogram skin cells (fibroblasts) into stem cells capable of producing a variety of tissue types (heart could support regenerative medicine uses on Earth A newly developed hydrogen-rich polymer is being tested for its ability to protect against space radiation which consists of heavy charged particles and secondary photons the newly developed hydrogen-rich polymer will be tested in the internal radiation environment of the ISS to assess the polymer’s shielding abilities Bioengineered liver and kidney tissue constructs will be sent to space to assess the impact of microgravity on vascularization of thick tissues this platform technology and approach could lead to the in-space bioengineering of ‘building blocks’ of tissue that can serve as a bridge to transplants in patients awaiting a limited supply of donor organs This project is part of the Axiom Space collaboration with Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and the ReMDO to develop an In-Space Biomanufacturing Hub for regenerative medicine The UHU experiment aims to study Transient Luminous Events (TLEs) - electrical phenomena associated with thunderstorms which produce bursts of light reaching altitudes of up to 100km coordinating ground and space-based observations the research can understand more about the nature and causes of TLEs This could improve our knowledge of thunderstorms and atmospheric processes and advance our understanding of atmospheric electricity the Cancer in LEO project from the Sanford Stem Cell Institute will study tumor organoids in microgravity with the goal to identify early warning signs of cancer for prediction and prevention of the disease This project is part of the expanded ISSCOR collaboration between the Sanford Stem Cell Institute which aims to use microgravity to further understand stem cells and aging-related effects in space to develop better prediction of disease and therapeutics for patients on Earth The Cancer in LEO-3 investigation builds on research from previous Axiom missions that studied cancer growth in space It aims to validate earlier findings on tumor organoids and explore how a new model of triple negative breast cancer responds to drug challenges in low Earth orbit (LEO) This research is crucial for space missions as it examines the impact of microgravity and radiation in LEO on cancer cell growth compared with growth in a terrestrial environment The findings could lead to better cancer treatments on Earth by revealing how cancer cells behave in microgravity and identifying new therapeutic targets for metastatic cancers This project is part of the Integrated Space Stem Cell Orbital Reseach (ISSCOR) collaboration between the Sanford Stem Cell Institute and aging-related effects in space in order to develop better prediction of disease and therapeutics for patients on Earth This set of experiments investigates the inflammatory response of human immune cells in microgravity specifically the changes in mRNA decay – a process that regulates gene expression changes in cells and can influence the effects of inflammation a type of white blood cells will be sent to the ISS and in parallel with experiments on the ground cells will be treated with a substance that stimulates an inflammatory response The changes in mRNA expression and decay will be studied and compared between experimental conditions to learn about mRNA expression changes which could lead to better understanding of the immune system and uncover biomarkers or potential therapies for inflammatory diseases both in space and on Earth where one of their astronauts will perform the experiments at the ISS This portfolio of projects will look at how humans adapt and respond to spaceflight to better understand human physiology in microgravity which will contribute to our understanding of how to keep humans healthy in space Projects utilizing novel neuroscience tools include measuring blood flow to the brain and the brain’s electrical activity assessing intracranial pressure by non-invasive assessment of the pupil of the eye and monitoring changes in the optic nerve over time Improved monitoring of neurological health may help make spaceflight safer in the future and allow for the development of rapid as well as early interventions and the development of countermeasures Blood and bio-sample specimens will also be taken to examine multi-omic biomarkers related to spaceflight and also to map changes in the length and epigenetics of chromosomes and telomeres The SASHA-3 (Space Hematopoeitic Stem Cell Aging) study led by the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) investigates the effects of spaceflight on hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by examining the activation of DNA and RNA-editing enzymes which are linked to inflammatory diseases and cancer The research aims to evaluate how these enzymes impact HSCs and their mutations during space travel HSCs will be isolated from blood samples collected at various time points before Understanding how spaceflight influences HSC function and mutations could provide insights into the mechanisms of stem cell aging with potential benefits for improving treatments for blood disorders and understanding disease processes on Earth Following on from research on previous Axiom missions the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) will gather human physiological and cognitive data on how humans adapt to space collected from commercial spaceflight participants Understanding how humans adapt to microgravity helps us develop countermeasures or optimize training regimes for new users of microgravity ISS Ham Radio conducted by crew members on Axiom Space private astronaut missions (PAMs) and members of the public with a crew member on the International Space Station via amateur radio The first-hand exposure to life in space helps inspire the next generation of explorers This project is in collaboration with the Saudi Space Agency The International Space Art and Poetry Contest is a collaboration between Axiom astronaut John Shoffner in which students and educators around the world are invited to submit drawings The submissions showcase their ideas of what it would look like to live in space  Art and poems chosen from each of four age categories are printed on the International Space Station Axiom Space astronauts create a video and photographs then return the physical prints from space to their creators This program inspires student creativity and interest in space and helps create the next generation of explorers HUMANS is a MIT student-led project that combines art and nanotechnology for increasing global representation in space HUMANS has created a record of voices from people all around the world in their native languages sharing their thoughts on the meaning of space for themselves and humanity has been etched using cutting-edge MIT nanotechnology to be launched up to the ISS HUMANS creates a symbolic avenue for space access worldwide and emphasizes how space should remain a “space" for everyone JAMSS Odor Visualization is a tech demo developed by JAMSS that will use two QCM (quartz crystal microbalance) sensors to detect odors in the ISS pressurized environment The data collected will then be used to visualize the quality of life for space travelers with future applications The Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit is an intravehicular activity suit for astronauts that has been developed to simulate some of the effects of Earth’s gravity and mitigate some of the physiological effects of microgravity This wearable system is intended to supplement exercise during future missions to the Moon and Mars and to further attenuate microgravity induced physiological effects in future low-Earth orbit mission scenarios The purpose of this study is to characterize the Skinsuit and its physiological effects on a short-duration low-Earth orbit mission Please direct all media & interview requests to media@axiomspace.comFollow the mission on social and tag #Ax2 Your Ads Privacy ChoicesIMDb The launch of the ExoMars Rover and Surface Platform mission in September 2022 was suspended in March 2022 by the ESA Council as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in July 2022 the ESA Council cancelled the ESA-Roscosmos cooperation for that mission In November 2022’s Council at Ministerial level ESA Member States committed to fund a new mission which will include a new European lander to bring the Rosalind Franklin Rover to the surface of Mars Rosalind Franklin has unique drilling capabilities and an onboard science laboratory unrivalled by any other mission in development and pursuing the mission is essential for gaining further European autonomy and leadership in Mars science and robotic exploration This FAQ serves to answer the current status (as of early 2024) of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin mission and the way forward for Europe’s exploration efforts to Mars and beyond The mission will also serve to demonstrate key technologies that Europe needs to master for future planetary exploration missions This includes the capability to land safely on a planet and to perform drilling and sample processing and analysis automatically The rover will use novel driving techniques including wheel-walking to overcome difficult terrains The impact on the team and the disappointment for what happened was tangible as a lot of effort had been spent in preparing this long-awaited mission the rationale and the political implication have been shared and well understood and the team quickly engaged in studying new possible scenarios to rescue the mission The scientific validity of ExoMars remains intact and the value and quality of the built flight hardware ensure a continuation of the program Five more years are now in front of the ESA and European industry teams to re-build and re-qualify the spacecraft ExoMars is being re-shaped for this new enterprise with new forces and energies joining the project team once again fully motivated and focused on setting out the next steps The design of a new European lander has also started assuming reuse of a significant amount of the European flight equipment that had been built for the Russian Descent Module that is now planned to be recovered from it There is a plan to re-use in the new Lander the qualified onboard computer the radar doppler altimeter and the parachute system that had been developed for the previous version of the mission The rest will be redesigned and built by European industry the landing module and the rover egress system The throttleable propulsion system used for the final lander deceleration prior to landing on Mars the radioisotope heater units used to heat up the rover once on Mars and the launcher to bring the mission to Mars ESA and NASA  signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to formalise the provision of these key elements for the Rosalind Franklin rover mission on 16 May 2024 at ESA’s headquarters in Paris The agreement ensures important US contributions elements of the propulsion system needed for landing on Mars and heater units for the Rosalind Franklin rover NASA has agreed to provide important contributions Both ACS and FREND include European components and have international science teams The FREND instrument includes a dosimeter – a sensor measuring the ionizing radiation dose experienced during a Mars mission and of particular interest therefore to human exploration of Mars – which was provided by Bulgaria The ACS instrument includes some subsystems contributed by France and its international science team includes scientists in at least ten countries The scientific mission of the Exomars TGO was not part of the cancellation of the cooperation on the ExoMars 2022 Rover and Surface Platform mission ESA already has expertise in orbiting Mars (Mars Express is in operation since 2003) and with the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (launched 2016) ESA is also already a key international partner in Mars robotic exploration the Mars Sample Return Campaign (a partnership with NASA) proceeds with NASA’s Perseverance rover already caching samples on Mars ready for the follow-up mission to retrieve in the 2030s ESA is contributing to the follow up missions by providing a Sample Transfer Arm (STA) to NASA’s Sample Retrieval Lander (SRL) STA will pick up the tubes of martian rock and soil samples and transfer them to the rocket on board SRL to launch them into Mars orbit contained in an Orbiting Sample (OS) container ESA’s Earth Return Orbiter will ‘catch’ the OS in Mars orbit and return it to Earth Partnership exploration campaigns to low-Earth orbit and the Moon continue through the International Space Station and with the Artemis missions to lunar orbit The uncrewed Artemis I mission with ESA’s European Service Module powering Orion to the Moon launched successfully in 2022; the next mission will carry four astronauts to lunar orbit and back to Earth in 2024 with the third mission landing astronauts on the Moon The space ‘Gateway’ will be the next structure to be launched after the International Space Station assembled and operated in the vicinity of the Moon offering a staging post for missions to the Moon and Mars These partnership missions are fundamental steps on Europe’s roadmap to autonomy ESA has ambitions to develop independent and sustainable European capabilities to bring humans to the Moon in the 2030s and to prepare the horizon goal of Europe being part of the first human mission to Mars ESA’s new generation of astronauts were selected who will continue European science and operations on the International Space Station and beyond the Peruvian chef known throughout the Bay area realized a dream he had had since arriving in San Francisco from Peru in 1994: to open a restaurant in La Misión he bought the place where his Sanguchon restaurant is now “The pandemic has been very difficult for business owners and it was hard not knowing what to expect when opening a new establishment during the pandemic,” Altamirano said Valencia Street—always attracted Altamirano for being a very busy corridor with many cultures and different types of businesses Sanguchon was a very popular food truck that popped up all over San Francisco But the dream was always to turn it into a fixed location which is less logistical and more stable for a businessman Altamirano has eight Peruvian restaurants in the Bay Area including Mochica in Potrero Hill and La Costanera in Half Moon Bay The popularity of his restaurants reflects the growing popularity of Peruvian cuisine worldwide in the last 20 years many people are familiar with this gastronomy because of its rise in visibility thanks to chefs like Altamirano in the Bay Area and Gastón Acurio the world’s best-known chef and promoter of Peruvian cuisine (Acurio has a restaurant There are an estimated more than 4,000 Peruvian restaurants worldwide Altamirano knows very well the role that his restaurants play in promoting knowledge of Peruvian cuisine His philosophy is that it’s not a monolith: each chef brings their own touch that makes the cuisine unique and it depends on the technique and how they present it His touch focuses on the freshness of the products as well as the seafood that is bought daily He also focuses a lot on the beauty of his dishes because since childhood he has had the desire to see and appreciate beautiful things But it’s not only the beauty of the food itself Altamirano says that part of the experience is the physical location of a restaurant He is very involved in the design of his locals because he wants his restaurants to reflect the diversity of all of Peru the chosen details pay homage to the country—the walls have laser-cut Nazca lines the pre-Colombian geoglyphs etched into the desert sands of southern Peru taking inspiration from fashion magazines with the aim to keep up with other restaurants “It is very important to stay ahead of the curve,” he says He attributes his success to his extensive experience working in restaurants across the country with different foods and styles Altamirano began his career by learning from the best French and Japanese chefs at the restaurants that he worked in San Francisco and New York When he decided it was time to open his own restaurant he originally thought of opening any type of restaurant but his mother was the one who suggested that he start with Peruvian food He then returned to Peru to work and learn from his countrymen cooking alongside expert chefs in the north of the country His restaurants reflect the love he shares for his country and his food continues raising the knowledge and level of Peruvian cuisine with his clients I do not neglect details in my restaurants because it is part of me,” he says Fulfilling his dream by opening Sanguchon in La Misión is a big part of that He lives with his wife and children near the place it’s special to be able to go to the restaurant together and walk down Valencia Street It is very important to be able to share time—and food—together.” Mayor: Run-off between Mouton and West.Councilmember At-Large: Turner and Williams Ward 1: CrenshawWard 2: HilliardWard:3 Sherwood BEAUMONT — A Southeast Texas church is expanding its mission through a new thrift store location La Mision Thrift of Beaumont is significantly larger than its sister store in Port Arthur KFDM / Fox4's Sydney Ferguson reports how this new addition will allow the church to continue helping local charities La Mision accepts donation during business hours and is available to pick up larger donations directly from your home La Mision is located at4055 Old Dowlen Rd and can be reach at(409) 300-6310 If you’ve ever done an open mic night you know what that adrenaline rush feels like: Part panic should I really put myself out there?!” And part “órale If you’ve never stood up on that stage just imagine: you’re a poet whose starting out on the scene and you’ve spent weeks working up the courage to share your work You get to the venue and there’s a raucous crowd of OG poets but they’re also waiting to see what’s good as each person steps to the mic If the OG poets think your poem is a cheap knockoff of someone else’s work they’ll throw peanut shells against the bar’s aluminum walls This might sound chaotic and harsh (don’t worry this is not how open mics in the bay roll these days) but it was the environment where Spanglish speaking pocho poet Josiah Luis Alderete sharpened his performance chops.  In the mid ’80s and ’90s, Thursday nights at Cafe Babar in the Mission District was an epicenter for San Francisco’s poetry scene Josiah remembers poets would show up from all over the City including  those from the Fillmore plus folks from the East Bay.  Sitting on wooden benches you could hear the words of Julia Vinograd David Lerner,  David West and Jack Micheline “Babar really opened my eyes and my heart to what poetry was I remember leaving that place like leaving the church after you get saved… This is flor y canto In our conversation, poet Josiah shares some literary history of the Mission, why Axolotl’s show up in his work, and how co-owing Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore & Gallery is helping keep the Mission’s poetry scene alive Below are some lightly edited excerpts of my conversation with Josiah Luis Alderete Marisol: On the cover [of your book] is a picture of a salamander indigenous to Mexico. It has the cute grin and the crown of feathery gills and in Nahuatl it’s called the “axolotl”…  That’s also part of the name of your monthly poetry readings, Speaking Axolotl I’d love to know what the axolotl symbolizes for you Josiah: The axolotl for me goes way back to my high school days I went to a school that mostly only taught dead white males very white school and never saw myself or my cultura in anything that was taught That was the first place I was ever called a wetback There were a lot of other words used there too Josiah: But the last month before graduating, the English teacher gave us a short story to read called “Axolotl,”  which is a story by Julio Cortazar And I remember reading that story and connecting with it – Don’t get me wrong But I looked [Cortazar] up right after that Josiah: From Cortazar I found Márquez So it’s Julio that got me jumping off to those other people Josiah: So a lot of times when you see me using the axolotl it’s kind of me giving a tribute back to Julio and that first moment when I connected as a youngster Marisol: Do the qualities of the axolotl — in that like they regenerate any time a limb is cut off or an organ is cut off — does any of that have resonance for you too Josiah: Oh yeah… when I realized that the reason we’ve discovered this is because there was some weird nerdy dude in a science lab basically cutting off the little axolotl limb and he’s going (we can’t hear that) but [the limb] does come back Marisol: You mentioning the fact that we know a lot about axolotls is because like some scientist in the lab…I think that’s the strange paradox: the axolotl in Mexico are at the brink of extinction yet they’re like one of the most popular animals in research labs around the world Maybe it’s also an allegory for like Latinx culture: it’s consumed but then [Latinx] people are barely hanging on here in the City ‘What’s this taste like?’ [laughs] Marisol: In the spirit of having, community members come in and share their cuentos and their words [at Medicine for Nightmares]. I want to have you read one of your poems from your book, Baby Axolotls & Old Pochos… by all those things that our ancestors were not allowed to say Marisol: I picked that poem because I thought it spoke to this idea of identity formation and memory keeping which I think a lot of your poems talk about How do you see your poetry as a form of culture keeping Art — for a lot of us — is all about survival and survival is history… is memoria Josiah: In a very small way my poesía is keeping track of us Remembering the little things in the neighborhood Marisol: How do you think younger Josiah would feel about being here in the space as a co-owner alongside two other poets [J.K Fowler and Tân Khánh Cao] owning a bookstore but now that I’m doing it… like To flash forward and see the possibility that my book is going to be on the shelf and one of these strange awkward little Latinx test tube babies is going to come in and pick it up and hopefully read something in there that connects ‘em… that’s a beautiful thing If my poetry could do that to somebody I think I got what I was supposed to do Psyche The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. The Psyche mission is a journey to a unique metal-rich asteroid orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter What makes the asteroid Psyche unique is that it appears to be the exposed nickel-iron core of an early planet one of the building blocks of our solar system terrestrial planets - including Earth - scientists infer the presence of metallic cores but these lie unreachably far below the planets' rocky mantles and crusts Because we cannot see or measure Earth's core directly Psyche offers a unique window into the violent history of collisions and accretion that created terrestrial planets The mission is led by Arizona State University NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is responsible for mission management The spacecraft's solar-electric propulsion chassis will be built by Maxar (formerly SSL) with a payload that includes an imager For more information on the status of Psyche, visit NASA's Psyche Mission blog. The Psyche mission will test a sophisticated new laser communication technology that encodes data in photons at near-infrared wavelengths (rather than radio waves) to communicate between a probe in deep space and Earth. Using light instead of radio allows the spacecraft to communicate more data in a given amount of time. The DSOC team is based at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. NASA's NEO Surveyor and ASTHROS Share Clean Room Image. NEO Surveyor Instrument Enclosure Inside Historic Chamber A Image. NEO Surveyor Instrument Enclosure Begins Environmental Tests Image. NASA's Psyche Images Stars, Jovian System News. Study Finds Earth’s Small Asteroid Visitor Likely Chunk of Moon Rock Image. Using JPL's DUSTIE Planetary Simulation Chamber to Mimic Vesta News. NASA Researchers Discover More Dark Comets Image. Asteroid 2024 PT5's Orbit Around the Sun (Animation) Image. NASA's Planetary Radar Spies (Another) Peanut-Shaped Asteroid Image. 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She achieved career highs as a criminal attorney with a successful practice in the Dominican Republic and earned a master’s degree in finance – while raising two young children she chose to pursue a different aspiration – becoming an archaeologist “People told me it was only a dream,” she recalled “and that I should not continue having this idea.” Martínez fantasized about traveling to Egypt and making an important discovery while others told her that Latinas don’t poke around in tombs Martínez quit her law career in 2005 and traveled to Egypt She had spent many years researching the life of Egyptian queen Cleopatra “My challenge is to prove that Latin Americans can also dream,” said Martínez who recounted her tale for media members on Fri. at Columbia University Medical Center’s Hammer Health Sciences Building She spoke in advance of a presentation for community members scheduled the next day in the same building The forum was arranged by State Senator Adriano Espaillat who joined Martínez with City Councilmember Ydanis Rodríguez Democratic nominee for State Assembly Carmen De La Rosa and Democratic nominee for State Senate Marisol Alcántara Martínez explained that when she first arrived in Egypt she sought an excavation license from the country’s Ministry of Antiquities Though approximately 1,000 people apply for licenses each year After a presentation to convince the ministry Martínez was granted a license to excavate instead of the year-long license that is standard but I took what they gave me,” she remarked Martínez made a key discovery — two chambers in the Taposiris Magna temple where the tomb of Cleopatra might prove to be Martínez was later granted additional permissions to excavate and has located more than 600 artifacts in recent years along with numerous tunnels and underground passages One hundred of the artifacts she has unearthed are now on display at the Cairo Museum Martínez stated that when she resumes excavation in November she is confident she will uncover Cleopatra’s tomb Though archaeologists have long searched for the tombs of Cleopatra and Marc Anthony yet Martínez believes she has pinpointed the right spot based on artifacts she has unearthed “Cleopatra was considered the human representation of the goddess Isis and this temple is dedicated to worship Isis,” she explained “We found over 800 skeletons and 14 mummies and everything we found was related to the time of Cleopatra.” we will find Cleopatra’s tomb,” said the archaeologist Espaillat said he plans to continue to stage events that highlight outstanding achievements from members of the Dominican community “I think the major story behind this has had trouble self-financing the project we declared a national holiday in the Dominican Republic,” Alcántara said “I’m going to go home today and tell my daughter I met a woman who want deep into a tunnel and battled snakes and still kept going,” added De La Rosa The entire world is looking at our community.” For more information on Martínez’s work, please visit http://bit.ly/2ejyRZU  La Misión de Martínez Historia y fotos por Gregg McQueen Kathleen Martínez le tiene afecto a las misiones Ella alcanzó los mayores logros de su carrera como abogada penal con una práctica exitosa en la República Dominicana y obtuvo una maestría en finanzas optó por seguir una aspiración diferente: ser arqueóloga “La gente me decía que era solo un sueño” “y que no debería seguir teniendo esa idea” Martínez fantaseaba sobre viajar a Egipto y hacer un descubrimiento importante Incluso su familia más cercana la cuestionó mientras que otros le dijeron que las latinas no husmean en tumbas Martínez renunció a su carrera de abogada en 2005 y viajó a Egipto Había pasado muchos años investigando la vida de la reina egipcia Cleopatra y tenía la esperanza de localizar su tumba “Mi reto era demostrar que los latinoamericanos también podemos soñar” quien relató su historia a los miembros de los medios de comunicación el viernes 14 de octubre en el Edificio Hammer de Ciencias de la Salud del Centro Médico de la Universidad Columbia Ella habló antes de una presentación para miembros de la comunidad programada al día siguiente en el mismo edificio El foro fue organizado por el senador estatal Adriano Espaillat quien se unió a Martínez para la rueda de prensa junto con concejal municipal Ydanis Rodríguez; la nominada demócrata a la Asamblea Estatal y la nominada demócrata para el Senado Estatal Martínez explicó que cuando llegó por primera vez a Egipto buscó una licencia de excavación del Ministerio de Antigüedades del país Aunque aproximadamente 1,000 personas solicitan licencias cada año Después de una presentación para convencer al ministerio Martínez recibió una licencia para excavar en lugar de la licencia de un año que es típicamente estándar En el último día de su excavación de dos meses Martínez hizo un descubrimiento clave: dos cámaras en el templo Taposiris Magna A Martínez le concedieron después permisos adicionales para excavar y ha localizado más de 600 artefactos en los últimos años junto con numerosos túneles y pasajes subterráneos Cien de los artefactos que ha desenterrado están ahora en exhibición en el Museo de El Cairo Martínez indicó que cuando reanude la excavación en noviembre ella está segura de que va a descubrir la tumba de Cleopatra Aunque los arqueólogos durante mucho tiempo han buscado las tumbas de Cleopatra y Marco Antonio sus esfuerzos han sido infructuosos hasta el momento Martínez cree que ha identificado el lugar correcto basado en artefactos que ha desenterrado “Cleopatra fue considerada la representación humana de la diosa Isis y este templo está dedicado a adorar Isis” “Hemos encontrado más de 800 esqueletos y 14 momias y todo lo que encontramos estaba relacionado con la época de Cleopatra” “Estamos despejando esos túneles y creo que al final de eso vamos a encontrar la tumba de Cleopatra” Además de organizar la presentación de Martínez Espaillat dijo que planea realizar eventos mensuales que destaquen los logros sobresalientes de la comunidad dominicana “Creo que la historia principal detrás de esto ha tenido problemas para auto-financiar el proyecto Los logros de Martínez fueron elogiados por las otras mujeres dominicanas en el salón declaramos una fiesta nacional en la República Dominicana” deberíamos tener otro día de fiesta” “Voy a ir a casa hoy a decirle a mi hija que conocí una mujer que quiso profundizar en un túnel y luchó contra serpientes y todavía siguió “ El mundo entero está observando a nuestra comunidad” Para más información sobre la misión de Martínez, favor visite http://bit.ly/2ejyRZU     Living near a star is risky business, and positioning a spacecraft near the Sun is a very good way to observe rapidly changing solar activity and deliver early warning of possibly harmful space weather. With the mission formerly known as "Lagrange", but now renamed Vigil our normally calm Sun goes about its business delivering a steady and predictable amount of heat and light that keeps planet Earth and its humans ticking But just as the Sun drives weather on Earth solar activity is responsible for disturbances in our space environment Besides emitting a continuous stream of electrically charged atomic particles the Sun periodically sneezes out billions of tonnes of material threaded with magnetic fields in colossal-scale ‘coronal mass ejections’ These immense clouds of matter usually miss Earth, but if one reaches us it can disrupt Earth’s protective magnetic bubble and upper atmosphere, affecting satellites in orbit, navigation, terrestrial power grids, and data and communication networks, among other effects Obtaining warnings of such events would be immensely helpful: a recent ESA study estimated the potential impact in Europe from a single extreme space weather event could be about €15 billion even moderate space weather events can affect electrical power grids that supply electricity to homes Improved warning times for larger events would allow grid operators to take measures to protect their networks and ensure continued power delivery “One of the best ways to observe rapidly changing solar activity is to position a dedicated spacecraft slightly away from our direct line to the Sun so that it can observe the ‘side’ of our star before it rotates into view,” says Juha-Pekka Luntama responsible for space weather at ESA’s mission control centre lags 60º degrees behind Earth in its orbit – an ideal location for monitoring mass ejections from the ‘side’ so as to give early warning and better estimates of the speed and direction “L5 is an excellent spot for a future ESA space weather mission because it gives advance views of what’s happening at the Sun,” says Juha-Pekka “The spacecraft would provide crucial data that will help us spot Earth-arriving ejections improve our forecasts of the arrival time at Earth and provide advance knowledge of active regions on the Sun as they rotate into view.” ESA began studies to examine exactly this concept Four European industrial and scientific consortiums including leading experts on space systems and instrument design will develop concepts for flying a mission to L5 ESA will select a final design in about 18 months.  This space weather mission would provide data for operational applications such as forecasts and nowcasts of solar activity These are part of ESA’s Space Weather Service Network which will issue warnings and alerts to scientific commercial and civil customers when solar activity poses any risk to critical civil and economic activities