Snoop Dogg’s custom Cadillac is now a centerpiece at a Texas dealership
The car was customized by rapper Snoop Dogg and appeared in 50 Cent’s 2003 music video “P.I.M.P. Remix.”
Sally Ride broke through a NASA ceiling 40 years ago, but she wasn’t alone
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — Sally Ride was the first American woman in space when she rode on Space Shuttle Challenger from KSC’s Launch Complex 39-A on June 18, 1983. She broke barriers, but she wasn’t alone.
She was among six women named in 1978 as part of NASA Astronaut Group 8, all mission specialists. Ride was the first, but all six women from that class made it to space including Anna Fisher, who became the first mom in space when she launched on her lone mission aboard Space Shuttle Discovery in 1984.
“I was assigned to my flight two weeks before my daughter was born,” Fisher said during a “Women in Space” panel Friday at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. “So it was quite an intense year, jumping in and being a new mom and being a first-time flyer. I will never forget those memories and it was a successful mission.”
Fisher, now 73, flew on STS 51-A, the 14th shuttle mission overall, launching Nov. 8, 1984 to retrieve two satellites that had not made it to the correct orbit and returning nearly eight days later. The first of her two daughters, Kristin, who is now grown up and works as the space and defense correspondent for CNN, was just over a year old when Anna flew to space.
California GAP law: Dealers quick to comply
Forty-six percent of California car sales in December 2022 with GAP would not have complied with an impending state cap on the price of the coverage to 4 percent of the amount the borrower financed.
How a Ford dealership celebrates tech to instill pride
Richmond Ford Auto Group’s practice of placing individualized banners over each service bay instills a sense of pride in its technicians, resulting in higher employee morale and setting the dealership apart when it comes to hiring.
Commentary: Detroit auto show poised to disappoint again
With Subaru pulling out and no one yet stepping in, this year’s Detroit auto show, once an international powerhouse, will likely be less impressive than last year’s event.