In california on a hot afternoon in pasadena for our monthly Public Lecture series. Im preston dikes. 50 years ago three human beings set out on a journey across a quarter million miles of space to the moon. Two of them set down in a fragile Landing Craft on the lunar surface, and one of them stepped into history uttering a phrase we all know by heart. For that one human being to make that one small step took the focussed efforts of hundreds of thousands of people over the course of a decade. An industry and universities and in government. For their part, jpl and cal tech didnt play the leading roles in the apollo effort, but for all who contributed to apollo, as for all of us who play even a small role in the Space Program today, the true reward lay not in the glory of the moment but in contributing to something greater. Something that mattered. Jpl ease primary role then and now is to help lead the Robotic Exploration of the solar system including technologies that contributed to apo
Philadelphia getting a little break. Shroudyness allle÷over our regi. Temperatures, 40s in delaware. Virtually no change in your temperatures. 55, the high in delaware and philadelphia. 53 through parts of the suburbs have the expecting showers and windyness today. 8 31. Breaking news in west philadelphia. Police say they had to shoot a suspect during a confrontation. Reporter Monique Braxton has been there since early this morning. Reporter in the past hour, a Police Spokesperson has come to the scene. He has told us that right now they are awaiting a search warrant for this darkcolored Toyota Corolla with the right passenger door open. Police tell us three men were inside the car. They are now in custody, including one of them that was shot by an officer in the hospital. One woman related to one of the suspects is also in custody for allegedly calling the district and making terroristic threats. She showed up at the scene as well. Police patrolling, pulled up alongside the car. One
Last season, Jeff Logan enjoyed a close-up view of quarterback Joshua Wood s breakout season in the Graham-Kapowsin High School offense as the team s offensive
It s go-time around the state as the start of the postseason kicks off in high gear. Here is a quick recap of last week’s highlights, and a look forward to Week