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Vaccinated Americans are free to travel but should still take precautions, the C.D.C. says. Travelers board a Jet Blue flight from Orlando to Washington last month.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York TimesApril 2, 2021, 11:15 a.m. Continue Reading . . . https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/science/cdc-travel-vaccinated.html

Donald Trump’s woes continue as the travel industry’s most important luxury travel agency has removed all Trump hotels and resorts from its network What happens when the most powerful man in the world, aka President of the United States, loses his crowning glory? For former presidents like Obama, life has continued to be a sunny and gleeful road, but for Donald Trump, the bright road is replaced by a path with more roadblocks than he must’ve Continue Reading . . . https://luxurylaunches.com/hotels_and_resorts/donald-trumps-woes-continue-as-the-travel-industrys-most-important-luxury-travel-agency-has-removed-all-trumps-hotels-and-resorts-from-its-network.php

If you received travel credit or a voucher for a canceled trip last year, it's time to read the fine print With vaccination rates on the rise and cities reopening to visitors, millions of travelers who were issued credit or vouchers for trips that were canceled due to the pandemic are starting to pull up those emails and read the fine print. Continue Reading . . . https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/if-you-received-travel-credit-or-voucher-canceled-trip-last-n1261558

Flight attendants have faced a rough year of health risks, layoffs and anti-maskers Flight attendants say they’re battling Covid-19 risks, depression and erratic schedules and pay, all while being treated as the “mask police” by a hostile public. Many said they have added new steps to their routine. They carry two sets of hand sanitizer, in case one pops from cabin pressure. Continue Reading . . . https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/flight-attendants-have-faced-rough-year-health-risks-layoffs-anti-n1261243

Legal questions linger as governments and companies keep pushing into space The Perseverance rover’s landing on Mars is still fresh in people’s memories, privately-owned companies are ferrying people and supplies into orbit, and NASA continues to work on “the most powerful rocket” it has ever built. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/new-laws-needed-for-space-mining-exploration-sxsw-2021-194711581.html

" Washington (CNN) In a loss for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court Wednesday left intact a lower court opinion that temporarily exempts grandparents and other relatives from President Donald Trump's travel ban. The justices did give Trump a partial win on another issue by lifting an order exempting a category of refugees from the travel ban. " http://buff.ly/2uAeRbD via Buffer

http://ift.tt/2hi79d3 The ISS crew won’t have to worry about running out of supplies this holiday season. Japan’s space agency loaded its ship called Kounotori 6 with 4.5 tons of food, water, spare parts and experimental hardware before sending it off to the ISS on top of an H-IIB rocket. Over a week ago, the Russian spacecraft that was supposed to ferry everything astronauts need to the orbiting lab burned up a few minutes into its journey. It’s still unclear why the spacecraft disintegrated, but it apparently has something to do with the Soyuz rocket’s third stage……