How Seattle, transformed into a tech hub by Amazon and Microsoft’s explosive growth, is grappling with the companies’ layoffs affecting local economy (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: How Seattle, transformed into a tech hub by Amazon and Microsoft’s explosive growth, is grappling with the companies’ layoffs affecting local economy  —  Amazon and Microsoft remade the Seattle area.  Now its economy is feeling the pain of the industry’s pullback.

Sept. 21, 1974: Mariner 10 flies by Mercury

On Sept. 21, 1974, the Mariner 10 spacecraft made its second flyby of Mercury, passing by the surface at a distance of just under 30,000 miles (48,000 kilometers). Launched Nov. 3, 1973, Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft sent to Mercury, as well as the first mission designed to visit […]