Another Historic Moon Launch for NASA
NASA’s biggest test flight of the year is set to launch this morning. At 8:30 am EDT today, Monday, the Artemis 1 mission, an ambitious flight to the moon by NASA’s most powerful rocket ever — the Space Launch System — will head into space.
Leonardtown’s A&E/Art Walk First Friday
Leonardtown will present its September 2022 A&E/Art Walk First Friday All Weekend Celebration this week.
Join Museums for 2nd Saturday Events
New family-friendly outdoor activities will be available at the St. Clement’s Island or Piney Point Lighthouse museums on select Saturdays through December 2022.
Youth Pilgrimage Registration Open
The Southern Maryland ROOTS Youth Group is planning its first High School Youth Pilgrimage, “The Journey,” to historic St. Clement’s Island in Colton’s Point on September 24, 2022.
Black Civil War Soldiers Exhibit Makes Stop in Lex Park
The “Seventeen Men: Portraits of African American Civil War Soldiers” exhibit will make a stop in Lexington Park. The traveling exhibit will be available free to the public on select days September 7 through December 7, 2022. An opening reception will be held 3 to 6 pm Thursday, September 1, 2022.
VXS-1 Safety Officer Hyder Honored
LT Samuel T. Hyder, safety officer with Scientific Development Squadron (VXS) 1, earned the 2021 Grampaw Pettibone Individual Award at NAS Patuxent River.
Navy Christens 3rd Robot Ship
The latest robot ship to join the fleet is already outfitted with a government-furnished command-and-control system, a virtualized Aegis Combat System, an autonomous navigation system, and more. After a few more upgrades and testing, the USV Mariner heads to California to begin operations in FY23.
Head Start Projects Get Federal Funding
Nearly $4 million was awarded for Easterseals Head Start projects in Prince George’s County and across the region, according to Rep. Steny H. Hoyer’s office.
Time for ‘The Big Conversation’
Join “The Big Conversation” online to hear two internationally known experts address how trauma impacts our lives and how racial trauma is often an unseen force. Virtual event will be 2 to 5 pm September 11, 2022.
Marines Use Games to Recruit
Few events capture raw aggression of the Marines’ boot camp rite of passage as when two recruits try to clobber each other with padded poles as weapons, pugil sticks, to the cheers of onlookers. Now, with graphics out of Star Trek, the Marines are simulating the pugil stick experience as a recruiting tool,
