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Echazarreta: First Mexican-Born Woman in Space

By MARK LORENZANA Katya Echazarreta, an engineer and science communicator from Guadalajara, became the first-ever Mexican-born woman — and one of the youngest women ever — to travel into space. On Saturday, June 4, Echazarreta soared into space aboard a spacecraft of Blue Origin, the American privately funded aerospace manufacturer and spaceflight services company owned by Jeff Bezos, the founder

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The Runway Rundown

Pierre Cardin: An Out-of-this- World Designer By KELIN DILLON Though legendary Italian-French designer Pierre Cardin passed away this past Dec. 29, his legacy remains forever cemented in the hallowed halls of bygone fashion titans with his iconic, larger-than-life designs and ambitious business choices. Born in 1922 in Italy, Cardin’s parents settled in France after the First World War, with him

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