Astronaut Morgan Ready for July 20 Launch
Col. Andrew Morgan, with local ties, sits 18 days from launch in Star City Russia for a 12 38 p m EST July 20 liftoff to the International Space Station from Baikonur Cosmodrome Kazakhstan. He will join Luca Parmitano and Alexander Skvortsov on Expedition 60 for a nine month stay and part of Expedition 61. The flight occurs on Apollo 11s 50th anniversary, a historic milestone for the space program.
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Andrew Morgan
Morgan
Star City
Russia
International Space Station
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Kazakhstan
Luca Parmitano
European Space Agency
Alexander Skvortsov
Russian Space Agency
Orbital Laboratory
Space Station
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Astronaut Morgan Reflects On Apollo 11 Anniversary Flight
Morgan says launching on the Apollo 11 anniversary is a huge honor and an incredible opportunity. He will fly with an Apollo 11 patch from the Smithsonian Museum as NASA plans to put astronauts on the moon by 2024, and he and his crew train until the final days.
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Morgan
Smithsonian Museum
Washington, D.C
NASA
Why wealth gap grows despite record long economic expansion
AP notes the 11th year of growth has cut unemployment and boosted wealth but the richest hold more wealth than before the 2007 crash. Income growth remains slow and the recovery is seen as least celebrated in decades, shaping political campaigns around tax, wages, health and education.
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Washington
America
Donald Trump
Trump
Airport upgrades advance with FFA grant at New Castle
Lawrence County airport authority reports a Federal Aviation Administration grant matching project funding to replace deteriorating fencing around New Castle Airport and its runways for improved safety and security. A second grant of 112,500 was used to buy a forestry machine to maintain airport surroundings. chairman James Farris Jr. notes fencing deters people and wildlife including deer coyotes and foxes from the runway.
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New Castle
Federal Aviation Authority
Lawrence County Airport Authority
James Farris Jr
Authority
Farris
Wolf signs Sainato bill broadening Guard college tuition benefit
Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation expanding a National Guard tuition program to include six year reenlistment benefits usable by spouses or children. The bill, backed by Rep. Chris Sainato and Sen. Steve Barrar, creates parallel tuition credits funded by state universities and approved by the H E A A. The change begins immediately for guardsmen with family use starting next summer, projected to cost about 12 million annually by 2024.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
National Guard
Tom Wolf
Chris Sainato
D-Lawrence
Steve Barrar
R-Chester
Delaware
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Sainato
House Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee
Pearson Park Youth Baseball Field Reopens After Sinkhole
The lower youth field at Pearson Park in Neshannock Township reopened after a three week closure due to a sinkhole three feet deep and two feet wide near the first base line. Township officials consulted the Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation and the DEP, which determined an old mine opened. the depression was filled with concrete slurry and fly ash and the field is now available for use.
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Pearson Park
Neshannock Township
Leslie Bucci
Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation
Ebensburg
Department of Environmental Protection
Bucci
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