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‘Andor’ Season 2 Reportedly Hires Ben Mendelsohn

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‘Andor’ Season 2 Reportedly Hires Ben Mendelsohn

Deploy the garrison! Ben Mendelsohn is reportedly making a comeback as Rogue One: A Star Wars Story antagonist Orson Krennic in the Disney Plus series Andor. According to The Playlist, Mendelsohn will be returning as Krennic closer to the end of the show’s run with its second and final season. At what exact point is not clear, but considering that each three-episode arc of the series covers a year of Cassian Andor’s exploits in the fledgling Rebel Alliance, it is more likely than not that his appearance won’t happen until the last three episodes of the series, which directly lead into the events of Rogue One. Indeed, the director of those last three episodes is the one who spilled the beans about Director Krennic. The Playlist discovered this bit of information while talking to director...

Exclusive First Look At September Star Trek Comics From IDW – TrekMovie.com

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Exclusive First Look At September Star Trek Comics From IDW – TrekMovie.com

This Thursday Publishing releases their catalog for comics coming in September 2024, and TrekMovie has an exclusive first look at the Star Trek comics. This includes the sixth and final issue of the “Pleroma” arc for the ongoing Star Trek series and the third issue of the new “Stars of Home” arc for the Defiant series. There are also a number of collections coming out in the more affordable trade paperback format. NEW COMICS Star Trek #24 – on sale September 18 Writers: Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing / Artist: Megan Levans Synopsis: Welcome to the Pleroma, a place outside time and space where god-level species have gathered to discuss the fate of the universe! It’s up to Captain Sisko and his valiant crew of the U.S.S. Theseus to persuade the gods to allow them to help repair Kahless’ un...

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DAF releases FY25 Special Duty Assignment Pay tables > United States Space Force > Article Display

ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The Air Force and Space Force have completed the annual review of special duty assignment pay for enlisted members and established new guidelines to support a quadrennial SDAP board process.The SDAP board has transitioned to having a board every four years, rather than annually. The change is intended to stabilize the budget for Airmen and Guardians receiving the pay and for the Department of the Air Force when projecting for the annual budget. Additionally, this new process will also allow an annual out-of-cycle period to consider new and emerging functional communities.While conducting the reviews, both Air Force and Space Force boards focused on identifying personnel in extremely demanding positions with unusually challengi...

NASA again delays Starliner undocking, return to Earth – Spaceflight Now

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NASA again delays Starliner undocking, return to Earth – Spaceflight Now

The Starliner spacecraft on NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above the Mediterranean Sea. Image: NASA. NASA and Boeing managers have again decided to extend the Starliner crew capsule’s stay at the International Space Station, passing up a June 26 re-entry to allow more time for analysis and testing to make sure helium leaks and thruster failures are fully understood, officials said late Friday. NASA plans to hold a formal re-entry readiness review before setting a new landing target date. Given the on-going analysis, the Starliner’s undocking and return to Earth likely will slip past two already planned space station spacewalks on Monday and July 2. In the meantime, Starliner command...

i5 Space expands to 1K members nationwide > United States Space Force > Article Display

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i5 Space expands to 1K members nationwide > United States Space Force > Article Display

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AFNS) -- A space policy and strategy club founded at the U.S. Air Force Academy has expanded to a nationwide organization with over 1,000 members at dozens of U.S. Air Force ROTC detachments. Originally called the Institute for Applied Space Policy in Strategy in 2021, the club was rebranded i5 Space a year later. It now has almost 70 host detachments across the nation, including at the U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Military Academy, Harvard, Yale University, Cornell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Oklahoma, University o...