Space Station Appearing Nationwide over July 4 Weekend
Posted by: Brittany Seabury (07-01-2009, 10:59 AM)

As America celebrates its 233rd birthday this holiday weekend, there will be an extra light in the sky along with the fireworks. Across the country, Americans will be treated to spectacular views of the International Space Station as it orbits 220 miles above Earth.  

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NASA Lunar Mission Successfully Enters Moon Orbit
Posted by: Brittany Seabury (06-23-2009, 10:21 AM)

After a four and a half day journey from the Earth, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has successfully entered orbit around the moon. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., confirmed the spacecraft's lunar orbit insertion at 6:27 a.m. EDT Tuesday.

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Mission to the Moon
Posted by: Brittany Seabury (06-17-2009, 02:42 PM)

As NASA gets ready to celebrate the 40th anniversary of man's first landing on the moon next month, the space agency is also embarking on humankind’s return to the lunar surface.. That journey begins on Thursday, June 18, when NASA launches the next generation of exploration vehicles to study the moon’s surface in preparation for future human missions. 

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International Travel Requirements Have Changed
Posted by: Kristin Hendee (06-04-2009, 01:20 PM)

Beginning June 1, 2009, U.S. Citizens returning home from Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean or Bermuda, by land or sea, will be required to present a passport or other document that denotes identity and citizenship.  New rules went into effect for air travelers on January 23, 2007.

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RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS: NOT FOR THE STATES
Posted by: Blake Adami (06-03-2009, 05:29 PM)

Last year, in the case of the District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court ruled in an historic 5-4 decision that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to keep and bear firearms for self-defense. One day after this ruling, the National Rifle Association (NRA) sued the City of Chicago over a 1982 law which bans concealed weapons.

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