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After a series of weather delays, SpaceX aims to send up a resupply mission to the International Space Station with a launch just before noon today.

A Falcon 9 aims to lift off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 11:47 a.m. with a cargo Dragon spacecraft carrying nearly 7,000 pounds of supplies and science experiments. A backup opportunity falls to Wednesday at 11:01 a.m. pending range approval.

Space Launch Delta 45’s weather squadron on Sunday forecast a 60% chance for good conditions Monday, which climbs to 90% if delayed until Wednesday.

Already delayed because of thunderstorms across the Space Coast on Saturday, a Sunday attempt was called off despite a successful launch that morning of a Falcon 9 from neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a Starlink mission.

If CRS-28 does launch, the first-stage booster will be making its fifth flight with SpaceX looking to recover it again down range on its droneship A Shortfall of Gravitas in the Atlantic. The cargo Dragon is making its fourth trip to space, and would dock on Wednesday morning with the ISS. read more

By DEE-ANN DURBIN and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO (AP Business Writers)

Many big companies, including Target and Bud Light’s parent, are still backing Pride events in June despite the minefield that the monthlong celebration has become for some of them.

Target and Bud Light recently came under fire for their efforts to appeal to the LGBTQ+ community, only to come under more fire when they tried to backpedal.

But even as they battle the negative publicity, Target and Bud Light haven’t pulled away from this year’s Pride celebrations. Target is a platinum sponsor of NYC Pride, which requires a $175,000 donation. And Bud Light’s parent Anheuser-Busch is a sponsor of Pride celebrations in Chicago, San Francisco, Charlotte and elsewhere.

Many other big companies are sticking to their sponsorships as well, including PepsiCo, Starbucks, General Motors and Jeep parent Stellantis — all of which said they have been supporting Pride events for decades and aren’t hesitating to back them again this year. read more