NASA Associate Administrator and former astronaut Robert Cabana announced Monday his retirement, effective Sunday, Dec. 31 after more than 38 years of service.
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This week is National Hurricane Preparedness Week. It’s a chance for people to get a head start on their prep for this year’s Atlantic hurricane season. And according to the tropical storm experts at Colorado State University it’s going to be a busy one. Their latest forecast is for 17 named storms during the season, which runs from June 1 to November 30. Of those 17, researchers expect eight to become hurricanes and four to reach major hurricane strength. More from the WLRNand Florida Politics.
Recurring Attraction
While a student in Florida Atlantic University’s executive MBA program, Jonathan Beskin was attracted to businesses like those known as subscription boxes, which make recurring deliveries of niche products. Beskin focused the business on women, who make up the majority of subscription box buyers. SinglesSwag was born, shipping boxes with beauty items, fashion accessories, treats, books and other goods. It doubled profit to $5 million in 2020 on a 46% increase in revenue to $15.5 million. “We have had by far our best year ever in 2020, despite the pandemic,” Beskin says.
SinglesSwag ships 40,000 boxes a month and ranks No. 181 on Inc.’s national list of fast growers and No. 9 for Florida. It employs eight full time and outsources many functions. Last year, Beskin acquired Paradise Delivered, another subscription service, this one focused on “vacation-inspired, spa-like experiences” at home.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. Kennedy Space Center in Florida continues to get busier with commercial space ventures, and the latest features a space plane that will ferry cargo to the International Space Station.
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A commercial spacecraft will soon use the former shuttle landing facility at Kennedy Space Center
Sierra Space s Dream Chaser space plane is expected to be used for resupply missions to the ISS
Down the road, the Dream Chaser could ferry crewed missions into space I have great memories here. I landed here all three times. I love this place, said Janet Kavandi, who is leading Sierra Nevada s new division called Sierra Space.