Mission control in Houston first noticed it Thursday morning. The International Space Station was drifting. The station is always moving, of course, in a looping trajectory around Earth. But this, what mission control was seeing in the latest data, was unexpected, and unnerving. On Thursday morning, the space station was […]
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Love tamales? Visit this Alabama gas station parking lot
Originally, the family sold their mom’s tamales out of an apartment. Sometimes there’d be 20 people lined up out the door there, waiting to make to-go orders. It got busy enough they moved that to a house. Then about two months ago, they shifted things to a food truck, or […]
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Historic train station yields shoes, tickets and a message in a bottle
Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide Detroit — Lukas Nielsen and Leo Kimble were working in the Michigan Central Depot earlier this month when they made a discovery. Nielsen, a laborer with demolition company Homrich, spotted a glass bottle tucked behind some plaster crowning as the two worked about […]
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Station North Arts District
Visitors to the show are invited to share their recollections of those essential academics, and what the teachers’ influences have been on their lives. Visitors are additionally encouraged to bring any examples of the teachers’ works that visitors want to share and add to the display. Winfield’s public school art […]
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New Jersey Starts $190 Million Makeover of Newark Penn Station
NJ Transit has begun a $190 million renovation and modernization of its transportation hub in New Jersey’s largest city, Newark. About 50,000 riders on rail, buses, PATH and light-rail systems passed each weekday through the gloomy spaces of Newark Penn Station before the pandemic, making it among the region’s busiest […]
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$160M in upgrades will return Newark Penn Station to its former glory, Murphy says
Newark’s art deco-era Penn Station is going to get $160 million worth of tender love and care, befitting its status as one of the transportation gateways to the city and the state, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Tuesday morning. The station also could be the home of a statue honoring the […]
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This Willow Valley downsize even includes a gift-wrapping station | Local News
Most people find downsizing a daunting process. But not LaVera Leonard Sullivan. A whirlwind of energy and charm, she moved herself and husband Tim from their family home in Alexandria, Virginia, to an apartment in Lancaster’s Willow Valley Communities without any angst at all. “She did it all. She always […]
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Russian spacewalk will prepare space station for new module
Two Russian cosmonauts suited up for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday to begin preparing the Pirs airlock and docking compartment for removal next year to make way for attachment of a new laboratory module. The excursion, starting around 9:30 a.m. EST, also will validate using the Poisk […]
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Watch Live: Russian spacewalk aims to prepare International Space Station for new module
Two Russian cosmonauts suited up for a spacewalk outside the International Space Station Wednesday to begin preparing the Pirs airlock and docking compartment for removal next year to make way for attachment of a new laboratory module. The excursion, starting around 9:30 a.m. EST, also will validate using the Poisk […]
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SpaceX Launches 4 Astronauts To The International Space Station
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched four astronauts to the International Space Station on Sunday on the first full-fledged taxi flight for NASA by a private company. The Falcon rocket thundered into the night from Kennedy Space Center with three Americans and one Japanese, the second crew to be […]
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Take your work station anywhere with this portable, touchscreen monitor
The Hill may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. Having two screens can make you that much more efficient at work, so why does it feel like such a luxury? Gone are the days where monitors are bulky, tied down by wires, […]