First news entries will start being displayed around 9 am. Throughout the day, livestreamed events will appear first under the “Latest” tab. Final news items will appear around 7pm concluding with PBS NewsHour’s “News Wrap” video clip (approx. 5 minutes).
FEATURE STORY
Today’s feature story is on the “First Private Space Walk” accomplished by billionaire Jared Isaacman and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis. It was commercially funded by Mr Isaacman. Before, only astronauts with government-funded space agencies had done a spacewalk. Article is from Scientific American, video clip from BBC News, and livestream from the Associated Press.
MORE FEATURED POSTS
Other featured stories today focus on the issue/challenge of Space Exploration, the 2024 Wisconsin Senate Race, and the Colorado onAir state hub.
KEY SOURCES FOR NEWS POSTS
PBS NewsHour’s YouTube channel is our primary source for videos and livestreams. Key sources for articles include: CNN Website, Politico, The Hill, Vox, Smerconish.com, and The Conversation. Substack sources include: The Bulwark, Silver Bulletin, So What, Open Letters, and 2 WAY livestreams. All links should go to publicly available content (no paywalls).
US ONAIR SUBSTACK
US onAir has established a substack at usonair.substack.com to provide substack subscribers a way to receive these news posts within a phone app and via email. Comments on news items can be made in this onAir post and/or in specific onAir posts.
