Celebrity Life
The Surprisingly Low Price Tag on Preventing Climate Disaster
As the climate crisis worsens, too many people are swinging from denial straight to despair. A few years ago, it was common to hear people deny climate change, downplay the enormousness of the threat, or argue that it is far too soon to worry about it. Now many people say it’s too late. The apocalypse…
Jill Biden: A Tribute to Classroom Heroes
"I have never been prouder to be a teacher... Thank you for being the heroes we needed," First Lady Dr. Jill Biden writes
From Teachers to Custodians, Meet the Educators Who Saved A Pandemic School Year
29 stories of teachers, bus drivers and others who went above and beyond
The Auto Industry Is Going Green. Will Workers Go Along for the Ride?
The AFL-CIO estimates that 25-30% of auto-making jobs could disappear in the industry’s transition
‘We Know How to Bounce Back.’ Sadiq Khan Has a Plan to Build a Greener, Fairer London Post-Pandemic
"For anybody who thinks they’ve got us on the ropes, the history of London is Muhammad Ali, knocking people out"
How China’s Digital Currency Could Challenge the Almighty Dollar
Every morning, Mei Yi waves goodbye to his wife and 3-year-old son and sets off for his finance job in central Beijing, riding into town by public bike share. Like most urban Chinese, the 37-year-old has long abandoned cash and instead pays for his commute—and a lunchtime bite from a convenience store in his office…
Four Civilian Astronauts. Three Days in Orbit. One Giant Leap. Meet the Inspiration4 Crew
TIME Studios is producing the Netflix documentary series Countdown: Inspiration 4 Mission to Space, starting Sept. 6. Jared Isaacman is not likely to forget the day he almost died at 10,000 ft., back in 2011. He was flying closely alongside three others, all in F-14 Tomcats, tearing along at 460 m.p.h. over the desert southwest…
Meet the All-Civilian Crew of Inspiration4, From a St. Jude’s Physician Assistant to a Lockheed Martin Engineer
From a childhood cancer survivor to an aerospace engineer
St. Jude’s Fundraising Chief on Space Missions, ‘Pushing Boundaries’ and a Record-Setting Year
St. Jude has always been about pushing boundaries and taking what seems like impossible and making it possible.'
How the Inspiration4 Mission Fits Into the Long History of Civilian Space Travel
It’s been 52 years since the artist Jeff Gates made a reservation to go to the Moon. Like many who gathered around their TV sets to watch the first lunar landing on July 20, 1969, Gates—then a 20-year-old college student home for summer vacation—walked outside immediately afterward and looked skyward. “I kept saying, ‘there are…
Inside the SpaceX Crew Dragon: Here’s How the Inspiration4 Crew Will Fly to Space
The Dragon takes care of everything, so enjoy the ride—unless, something goes wrong. And something can always go wrong
From Civilians to Astronauts: How the Inspiration4 Crew Trained to Go to Space
"I wanted them to get comfortable with being uncomfortable because not everything about space will be comfortable."