At least for today. We have the start of the weekend so beautiful. I think weve been to the pool every day this week. Really nice especially from midweek on. Then things begin to change. We get sticky during the workweek. Heres a live look outside today. A beautiful place to be. The poconos. This is a great shot. Were looking at temperatures in the 50s there. Right around 51 degrees in the pocono. Feeling like natural air conditioning out there. 58 in allentown. 60 in lancaster temperatures at the shore in the low 60s. 64 in wildwood. Low temperatures right now very comfortable. We saw low dew points as well. Well keep low dew points today until that changes tomorrow. 83 by lunchtime. By 3 00 86 degrees. Were looking back at wednesday through friday so comfortable. In the low to mid80s. Today up to 88 degrees. Its going to be hotter today. Even hotter tomorrow. And hotter during the work week. Well talk more about that. Also a couple chances for some rain in your sevenday. Well look at
[ chinesestyle music plays ] when the chinese invented the first rockets, they didnt care that their rockets blew up midair because they mostly used them to create fireworks. Fast forward 2,000 years, and a british soldier named congreve turned rockets into weapons, an idea he borrowed from india. But controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. [ ragtime music plays ] rocketry really didnt take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquidfuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. Hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. In 1957, the russians
Turned rockets into weapons, an idea he borrowed from india. But controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. [ ragtime music plays ] rocketry really didnt take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquidfuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. Hitler hoped his vengeance rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. In 1957, the russians sent the first artificial satellite, sputnik i, into orbit. You are hearing the actual signals transmitted by the earthcircling satellite one of the great scientific feats of the age. [ beeping ] those eerie beeps from high above the eart
Rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23inch metal sphere placed in orbit by a russian rocket. In 1957, the russians sent the first artificial satellite, sputnik i, into orbit. You are hearing the actual signals transmitted by the earthcircling satellite one of the great scientific feats of the age. [ beeping ] those eerie beeps from high above the earth set off the great space race between russia and the united states. And while the soviets were the first to send a man into space, america was the first to land a man on the moon. Its one small step for man. [ slow orchestral music plays ] in 1981, nasa built the first reusable manned rocket ship, officially called the space transportation system. We know it as the space shuttle. During their 30 years in service, these amazing craft flew 135 missions. Watching the giant
Genius to build a rocket and successfully launch it. Before we get into that, heres a short lesson on the history of rockets. [ asianstyle music plays ] when the chinese invented the first rockets, they didnt care that their rockets blew up midair because they mostly used them to create fireworks. Fast forward 2,000 years, and a british soldier named congreve turned rockets into weapons, an idea he borrowed from india. But controlling their flight was difficult, and his own soldiers were as likely to be hit by the erratically flying missiles as the enemy. Rocketry really didnt take off until an american named goddard successfully launched the first liquidfuel rocket in 1926. [ explosions ] during world war ii, england was bombarded by german rockets called the v1 and the v2. Rockets would pound the english into surrender. Fortunately, they didnt. After the war, rockets began to be used for more peaceful purposes. [ uptempo Classical Music plays ] today a new moon is in the sky a 23inch