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The art of space mission patches is now more than six decades old, dating to the Vostok 6 mission in 1963 that carried Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into low-Earth orbit for nearly three days. The patch for the first female human spaceflight showcased a dove flying above the letters designating the Soviet Union, CCCP. That patch was not publicly revealed at the time, and the use of specially designed patches was employed only infrequently by subsequent Soviet missions.

The 411 buildings owned by the city of Chicago will run entirely on renewable energy beginning Jan. 1. The feat will eliminate 290,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually, according to Angela Tovar, the city’s chief sustainability officer. That’s equivalent to taking over 67,500 passenger vehicles off the road each year. “Every Chicagoan interacts with a city-owned building, whether the cultural center, City Hall, Harold Washington Library, O’Hare and Midway (international airports) or your local library.

Companies like Waymo and Zoox are tempering their driverless ambitions with measured rollouts in a handful of cities, indicating that slow and steady may indeed win the race.

Netflix, Hulu, Max, Disney Plus, Prime and others will need to beef up in these areas if they're to win the battle for your attention and entertainment dollars.

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A plane operated by Jeju Air crashed near a South Korean airport, killing at least 62 people, officials saidChung Sung-Jun/Getty ImagesA plane carrying 181 people crashed at an airport in South Korea on Sunday,Photos and videos show the aircraft overrunning a runway before being engulfed in flames. Officials said the death toll was at least 85 people, per AP.