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I'm Tori. Today is Tuesday May 27th 2025, and we begin with SpaceX no doubt hoping the third time is the charm for its massive Starship rocket.
After two recent explosions that rained debris down over the Caribbean and parts of Florida the company is set to launch again from Texas tonight at 6 30 p .m. central daylight time.
The Federal Aviation administration gave the green light for the attempt after investigating the two previous failures.
The massive rocket is key to SpaceX founder Elon Musk's long -term vision of colonizing Mars.
Tonight's liftoff, if it happens, will be the ninth test flight of Starship.
The last two ended in failure because of a propellant leak in one instance, and a rapid engine malfunction that caused the vehicle to tumble uncontrollably in the other.
Musk responded to the failures with a comment.
Rockets are hard. Texas is the latest state poised to enact a full ban on social media for kids and young teens.
If enacted, that bill would bar every Texas resident under 18 from signing up for and using a social media platform.
Numerous studies have shown that social media use causes stress and depression, particularly among young people.
The Texas bill would use public or private records to verify the age of every person who attempts to create an account.
The Texas House has passed the bill and the State Senate is expected to follow suit in about a week.
Utah was the first state to pass similar legislation for users under 18, but they do allow some access with parental consent.
Florida has banned all minors younger than 14.
He's only 19 but he's already an pilot, and he's using his skills to fight cancer.
Ethan Guo is on a mission to become the youngest person to fly solo to all seven continents, with the goal of raising 1 million dollars for St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital.
He's doing it in honor of his cousin, who battled stage 4 lymphoma, and is now in remission.
Yesterday Ethan touched down in Palo Alto, California.
His next stops are Los Angeles, and Cabo San Lucas.
Then, he'll head to South America before ending in Antarctica.
He's faced harsh weather, mechanical failures, and even detention in Myanmar. Flying a specially -modified Cessna 182, he hopes to inspire young cancer patients and others to pursue ambitious goals.
To be honest, many times, I'm scared, he admits, adding, what I say to people is aim as big as you can.
Break it down to digestible steps, and work towards it step by step.
We know Jupiter is big, it's the biggest planet in the solar system.
So big that it has two and a half times more mass than all the other planets combined.
Yet scientists using reverse computer simulations have found that in the past, the mighty gas giant was even bigger, nearly twice its current size.
They also found Jupiter had a magnetic field 50 times stronger than now, which is already extremely strong and lethal compared to Earth's.
This super Jupiter existed very early in our solar system's 4 .6 billion year history shortly after the planets formed.
Scientists looked at the movements of two of Jupiter's closest moons and trace their orbits back in time to figure out Jupiter's size and gravitational tugging billions of years in the past. So why did the planet shrink?
Scientists say it contracted as it gradually cooled down after forming.
It's a box office weekend the folks at Disney, or any studio, dreams about.
The live action remake of the 2002 animated classic Lilo & Stitch blew away box office predictions with a record smashing domestic gross of $183 million over four days and an even better $342 million take globally.
This is a much needed shot in the arm for the studio after the not so great debut of their troubled Snow White live -action remake.
Also bringing in the big bucks this past weekend was Mission Impossible, The Final Reckoning, which opened to a franchise best 77 million domestically and 190 million worldwide.
Movie executives are hoping all this foretells a hot summer box office.
Still to come, it was just an ordinary date, except it's not when the couple is Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey.
But first, we wanna wish a happy ninth birthday to the delightful and brilliant Edith Skaronic of Durham, North Carolina.
Edith, your family loves you wholeheartedly and is inspired by your fabulous style, wild sense of humor, love of music through violin, chorus, theater, Taylor Swift, and chapel roan, your creative expression in poetry, painting, drawing and sewing, and your fierce independent mindedness.
Happy birthday, Edith.
Now, today's Kid News Quiz!
Elon Musk is hoping all goes smoothly later today after how many recent Starship rocket launches resulted in explosions?
2. What state is poised to ban all social media from users under 18?
Texas. Which massive planet in our solar system was once twice the size it is today?
Jupiter Name the live -action remake of a Disney animated film that ruled the box office this past weekend.
Lilo & Stitch In today's Kid News Kicker, people go on dates all the time but when your Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey.
It can be tricky to get a little privacy.
That didn't stop them from paying a visit to a restaurant called Harry's in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Fan photos shared on Instagram showed the songstress and her football player, Bo, tucked inside a booth.
They ordered a ton of food.
Fans say Travis seemed famished and wolfed his meal down.
They left a few hours later surrounded by security.
The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has been renting a home in nearby Boca Raton while training in the off season.
Thanks again to our loyal listeners, the Skironic family of Durham, North Carolina for sponsoring today's quiz.
A big birthday shout out to Edith, who's turning nine and hello to her teachers, Mrs. Spanos and Ms. Ambreen and all her friends at Ephesus in Chapel Hill.
And now shout outs to her other Kid News classrooms, Ms. DeMartelar and her road runners at Forest Road School in LaGrange park, Illinois.
Mrs. Drding and her panthers at Scott's A plus School in Statesville, North Carolina.
And Ms. Davis and her third grade Eagles at Allen Village Charter School in Kansas City, Missouri.
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