On Jan. 9, 1990, space shuttle Columbia took off on its ninth flight, STS-32, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida. Its five-person crew of Commander Daniel Brandenstein, Pilot James Wetherbee, and Mission Specialists Bonnie Dunbar, Marsha Ivins, and David Low flew a then record-breaking 11-day mission to deploy the Syncom IV-F5 communications satellite […]
Researchers doing reconnaissance in the Crooked Tree Wildlife Sanctuary CTWS where they discovered evidence of a large-scale pre-Columbian fish-trapping facility. Credit: Belize River East Archaeology (BREA) Project An archaeologist from the University of New Hampshire and her team have collected data which indicates the presence of a large-scale pre-Columbian fish-trapping facility. Discovered in the Crooked […]
The Navy over the weekend fired both the commanding and executive officers of a U.S. naval ship repair facility in Yokosuka, Japan, citing “a loss of confidence in their ability to command,” according to a service statement. Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela and Cmdr. Art Palalay on Sunday were relieved of their duties as commanding officer and…
The Duval County School Board will vote on Tuesday to finalize and update its Master Facility Planwhich outlines the future of schools across the district as it faces a $1.4 billion budget shortfall. The plan will determine where new schools will be built and which schools will close or merge, impacting nearly every student in […]
