Polaris Dawn Aims to Reach Furthest Orbit Since Lunar Landings

SpaceX kicked the week off with a surprise, breaking news of an upcoming mission led by tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, veteran of the Inspiration4 mission last fall. The mission, Polaris Dawn, will take his prior adventure's goals even further, going to a higher orbit with a larger crew of privately-funded civilian astronauts. If successful, the Polaris will end up reaching the highest point a manned spaceflight has reached since the Moon missions decades prior.

Rhode Island National Guard Calls Off Air Show for 4th Straight Year

Only weeks after announcing that the Rhode Island National Guard Air Show would be rebranded as the Ocean State Air Show and held at Quonset, Rhode Island in 2022, the former patron has announced its cancellation entirely citing a range of difficulties in putting on the whole shebang, from parking shortfalls and airport reconstruction to standing guard commitments elsewhere. The change is unsurprising for air show enthusiasts who have been subjected to a seemingly constant stream of show cancellations just as things finally seemed to return to an approximate 'normal' in the circuit. The page for the air show now bears a statement from the Rhode Island National Guard stating