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Meet the CNN space crew

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There's still a lot that we don't know about space. But these journalists are up for the challenge of reporting on it. View in browser An exclusive inside look with your free CNN account 🚀 They cover everything that happens beyond this world Ask anyone on the CNN space team what their favorite thing is about covering our galaxy and beyond, and you'll get a similar response: There's so much we still don't know.   "I find the speculation, and the lack of answers, endlessly fascinating," Space and Defense correspondent Kristin Fisher explained.   We caught up with Fisher and her colleagues Ashley Strickland and Jackie Wattles to find out what they're covering this year and how they got their start. Here's what they told us: " My mom ran into my classroom on the day of the Challenger disaster. She'd just learned that seven of her friends had been killed and she was assigned to the next flight ....

A makeover for America's worst airport and TIME's 50 greatest places

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LaGuardia's overhaul, the best Irish food and lots of destination inspiration View in Browser 03.18.23 The top airports of 2023, new travel rules around the world and the man who visited Disneyland nearly 3,000 days in a row.    Here's the latest in travel .   By Maureen O'Hare   🛫 The world's best airports LaGuardia Airport Terminal B (Jeff Goldberg/LaGuardia Gateway Partners) There was one commonly heard refrain, Port Authority's Executive Director Rick Cotton tells CNN, that spurred on the multibillion refurbs happening at New York metro's LaGuardia, JFK and Newark airports: "'Why are the major airports in Asia, in Europe, so much better and so much more appealing?'"   "Our internal mission statement was to create a terminal everyone loves," says Frank Scremin, CEO of LaGuardia Gateway Partners, which is behind the airport's $8 billion makeover . That project just won LaGua...