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Thursday 8 OcTOber 2020
Astronaut chooses daughter's wedding over space test flight

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aero- In a video posted to his Wilmore joins NASA astro-
space Writer Twitter account, Fergu- nauts Nicole Mann and
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. son said it was a difficult Mike Fincke, who replaced
(AP) — The commander of decision, but "next year is Boe.
Boeing's first astronaut flight very important for my fam- In December or early Janu-
has pulled himself off the ily." He said he has several ary, Boeing plans to repeat
crew so he's on Earth — not commitments "which I sim- a Starliner test flight with-
at the International Space ply cannot risk missing." A out a crew, in hopes of
Station — for his daughter's Boeing spokeswoman con- reaching the space station
wedding next year. firmed one is his daughter's this time. If that goes well,
It's the second crew switch wedding. Wilmore, Fincke and Mann
for Boeing's Starliner cap- "I'm not going anywhere. will fly to the space station
sule, grounded until the I'm just not going into space aboard a Starliner as early
end of this year or early next year," Ferguson said. as June 2021, and remain
next because of software He stressed that he remains in orbit anywhere between
problems encountered committed to the Starliner two weeks and six months.
during the first test flight last program and will continue SpaceX, meanwhile, plans
December. to work for Boeing. to launch its second astro-
Boeing astronaut Chris Fer- The former NASA astronaut naut flight at the end of this
guson announced his deci- has flown in space three month. Two NASA test pilots
sion Wednesday. Last year, times, commanding the returned to Earth in August
NASA astronaut Eric Boe last shuttle flight in 2011. to close out SpaceX's first
stepped aside from the He has been replaced on crew mission. NASA has
first Starliner crew for medi- the Starliner crew by NASA turned over the job of fer-
In this Friday, July 22, 2011 file photo, space shuttle commander
Chris Ferguson waves to the crowd at the welcome home cer- cal reasons. Both were re- astronaut Butch Wilmore, rying astronauts, to and
emony for the astronauts of the final shuttle mission in Houston. placed by experienced who had been training as from the space station, to
Associated Press. space station astronauts. a backup for the test flight. private companies.Q

Police release details of Breonna Taylor investigation

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Lou- Louisville Mayor Greg Fisch- scene or case," police said.
isville police released de- er said in a release. Taylor was shot and killed
tails Wednesday of its inves- The files include investiga- in her Louisville home by
tigation into the shooting tive letters, interview tran- police who were execut-
death of Breonna Taylor, a scripts, officers' body cam- ing a narcotics warrant on
case that has sparked na- era videos, audio and vid- March 13. Details of the
tionwide protests. eo files of interviews, crime chaos and confusion dur-
Mayor Greg Fischer said it scene unit reports and ing the raid that resulted
was important to release search warrants. in the 26-year-old Black
the investigative files as Some items were redact- woman's death were re-
quickly as possible, after ed, blurred or withheld for vealed in 15 hours of audio
making "necessary redac- privacy or legal reasons. recordings released Friday.
tions." Much of the informa- Photos and videos of Tay- They contained testimony
tion in the files was included lor were "blurred out of re- and recorded interviews In this Sept. 25, 2020, file photo, Black Lives Matter protesters
in records from the grand spect," police said. Audio presented last month to the march in Louisville. Associated Press.
jury proceedings released of personal conversations Kentucky grand jury that
last week, he said. that officers had while their decided not to charge any in part because she had er defendant, Darreal For-
"I urge all to be sensitive body cameras were ac- Louisville police officers for posted bail a few times est, in amounts that went
that these files contain in- tivated were redacted. killing Taylor. from 2017 to January 2020 as high as $5,000, accord-
formation and images that Those conversations "had Taylor's name came up for sometime boyfriend Ja- ing to police files released
are traumatic and painful," nothing to do with the in the drug case at least marcus Glover and anoth- Wednesday.Q

Ex-cop charged in Floyd's death freed on $1 million bond

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The been detained. Hennepin officers were fired. Chauvin fund, did not provide any
former Minneapolis po- County jail records show is charged with second-de- money for bail, a spokes-
lice officer charged with he was released shortly gree murder, third-degree woman said. A message
murder in the death of before 11:30 a.m. Floyd, murder and manslaughter; left with the union repre-
George Floyd posted bail a Black man in handcuffs, Thomas Lane, J. Kueng and senting Minneapolis police
on Wednesday and was died May 25 after Chauvin, Tou Thao are charged with officers was not returned.
released from prison. who is white, pressed his aiding and abetting both The other three officers pre-
According to court docu- knee against Floyd's neck second-degree murder viously posted bail amounts

This June 3, 3030 file photo ments, Derek Chauvin for several minutes as Floyd and manslaughter. of $750,000 and have been
provided by the Hennepin posted $1 million bond, said he couldn't breathe. It was not immediately free pending trial. Current-
County, Minn., Sheriff's Office and the Department of Floyd's death was cap- clear where Chauvin got ly, all four men are sched-
shows former Minneapolis Corrections confirmed he tured in widely seen by- the money to pay his bond. uled to face trial together
police officer Derek Chauvin, was no longer in custody stander video that set off The Minnesota Police and in March, but the judge is
who is charged with murder at the state's facility in Oak protests around the world. Peace Officers Association, weighing a request to have
in the death of George Floyd.
Associated Press. Park Heights, where he had Chauvin and three other which has a legal defense them tried separately.q