Friday, January 17

We have quite a bit of space news today, so let's dive in!

Billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space exploration company successfully launched their New Glenn rocket into space yesterday, marking the company's first possible contender against SpaceX.

SpaceX's latest test of their Starship rocket failed during its mission yesterday, just a day after the company managed to successfully launch a Falcon rocket carrying two privately-built lunar landers to the Moon.

Fact of the Day (Reader's Digest): The world's oldest functional grapevine is over 500 years old, located in Maribor, Slovenia. The vine has been around since 1500 and still produces grapes, and in turn, wine.

Quote of the Day (Gracious Quotes): The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. (William Arthur Ward)

Word of the Day (Merriam-Webster): Parlay (verb, PAHR-lay) - To parlay something is to use or develop it in order to get something else of greater value. Parlay is often used with the word into.

In a Sentence: He hoped to parlay his basketball skills into a college scholarship.