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👩‍🚀 1 for the road: Astronauts wanted

Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios NASA is now accepting applications for new astronauts for its Artemis lunar program. Aspiring candidates have until Dec. 3 to submit their applications. Final selections are expected by late 2027. 🚀 With only 32 active astronauts, the space agency needs more recruits as it looks to expand humanity's presence beyond low-Earth orbit. Artemis III commander Randy Bresnik tells AP: "We have far more work than we have astronauts." Go deeper ... How to apply.

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🌉 1 for the road: $100 million Airbnb gift

Brian Chesky speaks yesterday at San Francisco's Conservatory of Flowers. Photo: Airbnb Brian Chesky, Airbnb co-founder and CEO, is donating $100 million to the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department — the largest-ever donation to the city by an individual, Axios San Francisco's Nadia Lopez writes. Chesky's donation is more than a third of the department's proposed spending for next year. Between the lines: San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie, who appeared with Chesky for yesterday's announcement, has increasingly sought private funding for initiatives addressing homelessness, public safety and the city's economic recovery. Chesky, whose global company was founded in San Francisco nearly two decades ago, serves on a council of business leaders advising the mayor on economic issues. Read the announcement ...

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✈️ 1 for the road: Dulles sneak peek

The new United Club at Dulles Concourse E. Image: United Airlines Dulles Airport's new Concourse E opens today, bringing United Airlines travelers spacious gates, more concessions and a swanky club lounge, Axios D.C.'s Cuneyt Dil reports after getting a sneak peek yesterday. The project is one step toward Dulles' massive modernization, which will take up to 10 years, phase out "people movers" and add more gates. 🍽️ At yesterday's unveiling, the sleek aesthetics and new food options (we heard one person rave about Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken) got plenty of attention. So did the bathrooms. Photo: Cuneyt Dil/Axios 🚇 The new United Club lounge has a local nod: The escalator entrance pays homage to the Metro's iconic brutalist stations. Inside, there are two buffet stations, a bar and seating for more than 600 customers. Go deeper.

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🌾 1 for the road: Carter family farm protected

Photo: Addison Hill/Courtesy of The Conservation Fund The southwest Georgia landscape that helped shape President Jimmy Carter's commitment to conservation is set to become permanently protected as public land, Axios Atlanta's Thomas Wheatley reports. The Conservation Fund's purchase of 2,458 acres of farmland and forests — including the Carter family's property outside Plains, Ga. — carries on an oft-overshadowed part of the humanitarian's legacy. President Jimmy Carter carries a peanut plant in 1978 as he and the first lady, Rosalynn, walk in a field at their farm near Plains, Ga. Photo: Jim Wells/AP 🌳 Stacy Funderburke, the nonprofit's vice president of the central Southeast region, said in a statement: "Long before Jimmy Carter protected millions of acres across America, he was a boy working the fields and roaming the woods of southwest Georgia." "This land shaped him and his legacy, and he never stopped coming home to it." Go deeper.

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✈️ 1 for the road: United's bot ban

Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios

United Airlines is blocking personal AI assistants like Meta's Muse and OpenAI's Dots from accessing its systems to book tickets, The Wall Street Journal reports. The airline cited concerns about sensitive customer information, unintended purchases and potential violations of federal aviation rules. AI agents can still show customers United's flight options and prices but won't be allowed to book tickets directly on its website. Keep reading (gift link).