Dianna Wray

Houston

Journalist at Freelance

Freelancer extraordinaire. Good coffee, wine and books are vital to my existence. So is cheese. [email protected]

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Articles

Opinion: Starbase Becomes Newest Texas (Company) Town

1 week ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray |Houston Press

Now that Starbase is the state's newest city, what will Elon Musk and SpaceX be using it for? And how much will eager Texas legislators enable his demands about Boca Chica Beach — previously for everyone — and disregard SpaceX rockets' damage to the South Texas environment? Starbase, the SpaceX industrial complex on the edge of the South Texas Coast about 20 miles outside of Brownsville, became the state’s newest city on Saturday by a vote of 212 to 6.
U.S. Transportation Department cuts Houston-to-Dallas bullet train planning funding

1 month ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray

In a move that should surprise no one, the Trump administration is clawing back more than $60 million in funds that had been awarded to Amtrak to help make Texas Central’s long-delayed Houston-to-Dallas bullet train finally become a reality.
Space Shuttle Discovery Might Soon Call Space City Home

1 month ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray |Houston Press

Houston, we might get a shuttle. On Thursday Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz introduced the Bring Space Shuttle Discovery Home Act, a bill that, if passed, will see Houston finally getting a space shuttle of its very own. “I am proud to lead the effort to finally bring Discovery home to Houston, where future generations of Texans and Americans can come to learn about the city’s integral role in our nation’s space shuttle program,” Cornyn stated.
Will the State Lege Block the Houston-to-Dallas Bullet Train Project?

1 month ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray |Houston Press

In case you thought that the efforts to block Texas Central from constructing the long-delayed 240-mile-long rail line that will tote people from Houston to Dallas in about 90 minutes were a thing of the past, think again. Up in Austin, state lawmakers are once again considering legislation aimed at keeping the rail line that would be built using Japan’s Shinkansen technology from being constructed, or at least from using any local or state funds to do so. House Bill 1402, introduced by Rep.
NASA Website Ditches Promise to Put First Woman and Person of Color on the Moon

1 month ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray

Back in 2019, during the first Trump administration, NASA announced that its Artemis program that is slated to take astronauts back to the lunar surface in 2027, would also feature the first woman and the first person of color landing on the moon.
Astronauts' Nine Months in Orbit Have Come to an End

1 month ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray

And just like that, after more than nine months in space, Butch Wilmore, commander of Boeing Starliner’s first crewed test flight, and pilot Suni Williams are finally back on Earth. The two-person astronaut crew, along with fellow astronaut Nick Hague and Cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, splashed down just off Florida’s Gulf Coast, at 4:57 p.m. CST on Tuesday.
Four Thoughts on the End of Long Snapper Jon Weeks Time as a Houston Texan

2 months ago | houstonpress.com | Sean Pendergast |Dianna Wray |April Towery

If you thought the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was just about country music and farm animals, you’d be wrong on many counts. Youth and adults have been flocking this year to NRG Center to let virtual sparks fly at a new welding experience. Cameron High School student Owen Graham is one of hundreds who tried out the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo’s virtual reality welding simulator, hosted by Ohio-based Lincoln Electric Company.
Nine Months Later, Starliner Astronauts May Be Heading Home, Courtesy of SpaceX

2 months ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray

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SpaceX Loses Starship Which Blows Up on Thursday's Test Flight

2 months ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray

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Will Rep. Al Green Be Censured After Shouting During Trump Speech?

2 months ago | houstonpress.com | Dianna Wray

It was clear early on in President Donald Trump’s speech addressing a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Tuesday night that Rep. Al Green (D-Houston) wasn’t having it. Minutes into the speech, as Trump was in the middle of claiming he had won a massive electoral victory that amounted to a mandate from the American people, Green sprang from his seat.