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Dragon blasts off from Kennedy Space Center
May 31, 2020 - It's been almost ten years since America launched astronauts into space from American soil. That changed yesterday. At 3:22 p.m. EDT, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sitting on Launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, ignited to launch the Dragon spacecraft into space. (UPDATE: June 1)  Word of the Dayexpand: verb;to get larger, bigger, usually in size or scope; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Complete this Writing Practice. Then print or email your document, or if available, save it to Google Drive. Writing ProgressTrack your progress all year. For your Student Summary Report Form: Weekly VOCABWeek of June 01 exclude: verb; not included, omitted;Retailers have reason to cheer exempt: verb; not required to do something or follow a rule; given a waiver; Sgt. Harold R. Smith, WWII Home Front aircraft mechanic revived: verb; brought back to life or in better condition; U.S. Botanic Garden celebrates its Bicentennial upended: verb; disrupted to a large degree; turned over; Go the extra mile - at home - to honor Memorial Day Today In HistoryJune 3 2016: Muhammad Ali, heavyweight champion of the world in 1964, 1974, and 1978 and 1960 Olympics gold medal winner in light heavyweight boxing, died. He was 74.1904: Charles Richard Drew, African American physician who organized the blood bank system in the United States during WWII, was born in Washington, DC. He was killed in an automobile accident in 1950. 1880: Library of Congress: Alexander Graham Bell transmitted the first wireless telephone message on his newly invented photophone from the top of the Franklin School in Washington, D.C. Bell believed that the photophone was his most important invention. The device allowed the transmission of sound on a beam of light. Of the eighteen patents granted in Bell's name alone, and the twelve that he shared with his collaborators, four were for the photophone. The photophone functioned similarly to the telephone, except that the photophone used light as a means of projecting the information and the telephone relied on electricity. 1861: Stephen Douglas, U.S. senator from Illinois who debated Abraham Lincoln in 1858 in a series of debates now called the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and who lost to Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election, died in Chicago. More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareOver 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyThe story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceGlassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News Memorial Day honors the ultimate sacrificeMay 25, 2020 - Visitors at Arlington National Cemetery can see the U.S. Capitol building, an apt reminder of the price of freedom.  Go the extra mile - at home - to honor Memorial DayMay 22, 2020 - Push back on viewing Monday as just another day at home. Even with the pandemic, take time to honor the fallen.  May 18, 1980: Mount St. Helens volcano eruptsMay 20, 2020 - On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano blew its top spewing 520 million tons of ash eastward.  Wildlife refuge provides open road to natureMay 18, 2020 - The gravel road winding through the marshes at Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is open now. Soak in the sights and sounds of spring.   |
