Nell London

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JESSICA WATKINS, LEFT and MATHEW DOMINICK, RIGHT

Colorado Astronauts Leading The Return To The Moon And Beyond

Two astronauts from Colorado will help launch the next missions to the Moon, missions that include sending the first WOMAN to walk on the Moon by 2024. Matthew Dominick from Wheat Ridge and Jessica Watkins from Lafayette are part of the newly announced Artemis team. Ryan spoke with them in January when they graduated as NASA’s newest class of astronauts.
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Helping Veterans Become Entrepreneurs After They Leave The Military

“Flash bangs” are a military tool — a stun grenade that makes loud noise and light. John Chapman of Denver used them in the Marines. Now that he’s out of the service, he’s using his experience to make a better one. His company, Liberty Dynamic, is getting help from a business incubator for veterans called Bunker Labs. Hark Herold is the regional director. We spoke in 2019.
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Alzheimer’s Hits Blacks Hard. Why And What To Do

The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting inequities in U.S. healthcare. Death rates among Black and Hispanic people are much higher than for white people. But illnesses often impact racial groups differently. Blacks, for instance, are much more likely to develop Alzheimer’s than whites are. The Alzheimer’s Association of Colorado is tackling that issue.