Mission Overview It was approaching midnight on December 7th, 1972, at Kennedy Space Center as the final countdown of the launch sequence began. At T-45 seconds, Commander Gene Cernan made the last alignment to the guidance computer, the final action required by the crew before launch. Moments later, at
Among films that do not get the appreciation they deserve, Taika Waititi’s 2019 film Jojo Rabbit is certainly one of them. Jojo Rabbit falls into the category of comedy, but in a sea of slapstick and rom-coms, Jojo shows us that a comedy can have heart as well
Growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness, I was surrounded by people who genuinely believed they would live forever on Earth in a world transformed into a paradise. Because of that belief, I often heard adults, parents and grandparents, say things like, “I always wanted to do that. I’ll
The park was unusually quiet for a Saturday afternoon. A few children chased one another through the grass beyond the fountain while an old man sat beneath an oak tree feeding birds with stale bread. Between them, on a weathered stone table, rested a wooden chessboard whose pieces had clearly
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You sit down at a card table across from one other player. Between you is a dealer with a freshly shuffled deck. The dealer draws a card, places it face down, and asks each of you to guess the suit. “Hearts,” you say. “Diamonds,” says the other player. The dealer