ANTELOPE VALLEY: BRIEFLY : NASA OFFERS PUBLIC SIMULATOR `FLIGHTS'.EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - The public can tour the NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. Dryden Flight Research Facility from 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today for ``Friends of Dryden Days,'' commemorating the center's 50th anniversary that will occur Sept. 30. Visitors to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), civilian agency of the U.S. federal government with the mission of conducting research and developing operational programs in the areas of space exploration, artificial satellites (see satellite, artificial), facility can track research flights from the control room and pilot aircraft simulators. They also can examine research aircraft such as the F-16XL, SR-71 and F-18 up close. SOURCE: - Daily News Prison worker dies in Lancaster crash LANCASTER - A state prison worker who apparently was late for work was killed Friday when she failed to stop for a stop sign and her vehicle was broadsided, California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officials said. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officials, Barbara Jackson, 55, of Hesperia was driving west faster than 70 mph on Avenue G at 7:45 a.m. when she failed to stop at 30th Street East and her vehicle was hit by one that John Moshos, 33, of Lancaster was driving. ``He struck her at the driver's side, flipping her vehicle upside down and leaving her hanging upside down in her seat belt,'' said CHP Officer Scott Weldy. SOURCE: - Daily News Family loses home in fire at Palmdale PALMDALE - A fire caused by a cigarette destroyed a Palmdale home Wednesday afternoon and left a family homeless, fire officials said. When fire officials reached the 6600 block of Avenida De Camino shortly before 5 p.m., they found a single-story home in flames. ``The family is not going to be able to live there,'' Los Angeles County Fire Capt. Gary Bronner said. Officials estimate the damages at $50,000 to the structure and $20,000 to its contents. Bronner said a cigarette apparently had not been put out and caught a bed on fire while the occupants were away. SOURCE: - Daily News |
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