Times of Tazza

  SpaceX is the only U.S. private company to have sent humans outside of Earth's orbit. This mission brings another player to the game. United Launch Alliance has successfully launched more than 150 rockets into space in its 18-year history, but none have yet to carry humans before. The Centennial-based aerospace company has   its first human launch   scheduled on Monday for 8:34 p.m. MT. ULA’s Atlas V rocket   will carry Boeing’s Starliner   spacecraft with two NASA astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams onboard. It's an important milestone as SpaceX is currently the only U.S. private company to have sent humans outside of Earth's orbit.  The joint ULA-Boeing mission will be a test flight for potential future trips to the International Space Station as part of NASA’s commercial crew program and will launch from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Florida’s East Coast. And once the ISS is put out of commission by 2031, NASA admini...

  The streets of Denver boomed with Mexican culture as the city's annual Cinco de Mayo festival kicked off Saturday.  From a lowrider parade to traditional Mexican dances, chihuahua races, food trucks and handmade goods, Civic Center Park opened the 2024 festival season with the largest cultural celebration in the state — a two-day festival of all things Latino continuing a tradition that started over 50 years ago. But the festival, held in Civic Center since 1993, is more than just a fun day in the spring sun. It's an opportunity to share community and bring up local Latino-owned businesses.  "Cinco de Mayo nationally gets dubbed as just a beer fest. Really, it’s far more cultural than that,” said Andrea Barela, CEO at NEWSED Community Development Corporation, the organizer of the event since 1988. “When you come to our fest, it’s like visiting the heart of Mexico for an entire weekend… We put this event on because it supports our organization but it’s also very imp...