Mallory Cook
Mallory Cook is a student intern in the Alabama Public Radio newsroom. She's reported for APR on NASA's new Dream Chaser mini space shuttle, as well as stories on Alabama's new ban on so called Glock switches, The Tuskegee Airmen, natural disaster awareness, elder care, and Medicaid.
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Memorial Day is next week and that means the start of Alabama’s summer tourism season. Budget cuts from the new Trump administration and beach safety may seem miles apart. But concerns are being raised about how safe Alabama’s beaches may be when visitors flock to the state’s Gulf coast. The Washington Post reports the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is scrambling to fill forecasting job ahead of the June first start of the Hurricane season. APR explains these forecasts are also for Alabama beach goers and the lifeguards that look after them -
An aerospace contractor that builds rockets here in Alabama is gearing up for a historic blastoff maybe next month. United Launch Alliance is working with another company that wants to send a small version of NASA’s space shuttle on a resupply mission to the International Space Station.
