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KANSAS CITY, Mo 鈥?Refunds won t be an option for Jackson County property owners who ve already paid their 2023 tax bill, despite the Missouri State Tax Commission ordering the rollback of many property value assessments, at le
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. 鈥?NASA announced late Monday that it was delaying the return of four astronauts to Earth who are currently aboard the International Space Station.The four astronauts 鈥?NASA s Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and the Japanese space agencys Soichi Noguchi 鈥? will now be returning to Earth on Saturday. The four were part of the Dragon s first operational mission launch in November last year.The crew was scheduled to make their return trip on Wednesday, but according to NASA, high winds are currently forecasted for off the coast of Florida for Wednesday, making recovery conditions unsafe.Despite the delay, the crew is eager t
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stanley thermoskannen s exciting to go home so we can see our friends and family, Walker said in a press conference from aboard the ISS on Monday.According to a press release, those returning Wednesday will either splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean around
stanley cup 12:40 p.m. ET.The spacecraft is set to undock from the space station at 7:05 a.m. ET on Wednesday. Hopkins said Monday that the crew will know within 24 hours whether they will have weather conditions favorable enough to begin a departure s
