Plus: Walz owns no stocks | Wednesday, August 07, 2024
| | | | | | | Presented By Amazon | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen · Aug 07, 2024 | | Good afternoon. Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 347 words, a 1.5-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing. | | | | | | 1 big thing: Astronauts need a ride home | | |  | | | Illustration: Natalie Peeples/Axios | | | | The two astronauts whose weeklong mission aboard the International Space Station has stretched into its second month could be left in orbit until February, Axios' Alex Fitzpatrick reports. - 👩🚀 Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams left Earth on June 5, flying the first crewed mission for Boeing's Starliner spacecraft. They've been in limbo ever since.
- Technical issues prevented them from coming home as scheduled aboard Starliner, and some NASA officials aren't sure the craft could make a safe return trip.
🗓️ NASA is now readying plans to send the astronauts home aboard a SpaceX spacecraft next February, agency officials said on a press call today. - That would be a tremendous black eye for Boeing, which is already reeling from multiple crises, and it could spell the end of the Starliner program.
🛰️ The big picture: The pair are not in any immediate danger aboard the space station. They're living and working alongside the existing crew. Go deeper. |     | | | | | | 2. 🏦 Tim Walz's empty portfolio | | | | Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz delivers at a rally today in Eau Claire, Wis. Photo: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz doesn't own a single stock, Axios Pro Rata author Dan Primack reports. - His financial disclosures, both from his final year in Congress and his time as governor, also show no mutual funds, bonds, private equities or other securities. No book deals, speaking fees, crypto or racehorse interests.
- Not even real estate. Walz and his wife, Gwen, sold their home after moving into the governor's mansion. Their only investment assets appear to be via state pensions, including teacher pensions.
💰 This lack of investment is highly unusual for elected officials, particularly high-profile ones vying for federal office. | | | | | | | | A message from Amazon | | "With free skills training, there's no limit to what you can achieve" | | |  | | | | Kathy turned a job at Amazon's Appling, Georgia fulfillment center into a robotics career with the help of Amazon's Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship. The impact: "After completing the apprenticeship, I doubled my income," she said. Read more success stories. | | | | | | 3. ✈️ Airplane envy | | | | Photo: Alex Brandon/AP Sen. JD Vance walked over to take a look at Air Force Two today after his campaign plane landed at the same Wisconsin airport. - "I just wanted to check out my future plane," Vance said, according to CNN. He said he didn't speak to Vice President Harris.
Sen. JD Vance talks to reporters after walking over from looking at Air Force Two. Photo: Alex Brandon/AP | | | | | | | | 4. 📸 1 for the road | | | | Photo: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images American Katie Moon soars through the air today during the pole-vaulting finals at the Olympics. - Moon took home the silver medal.
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