EXPLAINER: Crew of 4 circling Earth on 1st SpaceX private flight
SpaceXโs first private flight will is led by a 38-year-old entrepreneur whoโs bankrolling the entire trip. Heโs taking two sweepstakes winners with him on the three-day, round-the-world trip, along with a health care worker who survived childhood cancer.
Bone cancer survivor to join billionaire on SpaceX flight
(Mike Brown/American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital via AP)CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. โ After beating bone cancer, Hayley Arceneaux figures rocketing into orbit on SpaceXโs first private flight should be a piece of cosmic cake. When she was 10, she had surgery at St. Jude to replace her knee and get a titanium rod in her left thigh bone. Isaacman announced his space mission Feb. 1, pledging to raise $200 million for St. Jude, half of that his own contribution. As the flightโs self-appointed commander, he offered one of the four SpaceX Dragon capsule seats to St. Jude. One will be a sweepstakes winner; anyone donating to St. Jude this month is eligible.
Rosa Parks, Sally Ride get their own Barbie dolls
Thierry Chesnot/Getty Images(CNN) - Children everywhere are going to get the chance to have two historical female role models as part of their playsets. Mattel is honoring Rosa Parks and Sally Ride with their very own Barbie dolls. Rosa Parks was an American activist known as the Mother of the Modern Civil Rights Movement and Sally Ride was the first American woman -- and youngest American -- to fly in space. "Both Sally Ride and Rosa Parks made the world better for future generations of girls," a Mattel spokesperson told CNN. Showing girls more role models, historical and present, and telling their stories can help close that gap.