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Commission approves master plan draft Will go to board of commissioners for adoption FacebookTwitterEmail The Huron County Planning Commission Wednesday meeting was held via the Zoom conferencing application. The planners approved a draft of the new master plan and sent it to the county commissioners for their approval. (Robert Creenan/Huron Daily Tribune) In a process that has been more than four years in development, the Huron County Planning Commission has approved a draft of the new master ...

Columnist Megan Tran argues for the standardization of tuition rates between UT’s undergraduate colleges.

History beyond the clouds: 1968 Earthrise photo and lunar landing images are among 600 snaps of space travel through the ages that are set to fetch thousands at auction Earthrise image, taken during NASAs Apollo 8 mission, showed planet as it looked from 240,000 miles away Collection has been compiled from several unnamed sellers by auctioneers Dreweatts of Newbury, Berkshire Also seen among the collection is the first man to make it into space, the Soviet Unions Yuri Gagarin And the first prim...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 16/02/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space Valentine Island in northern Western Australia is a swirling mix of blues and reddish browns, as seen from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. The mission, which is made up of two satellites, imaged the tiny island for Valentines Day. Valentine Island is just about 1 mile (1.60 kilometers) long and 0.15 miles (250 meters) wide and can be found in the King Sound, a large gu...

Pictures from space! Our image of the day Space 2/5/2021 Space.com Staff © Provided by Space The European Space Agencys Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission snapped this chilly photo of New York City on Feb. 4, 2021 showing the city blanketed in snow. This recent snow storm was classified as "major" and affected a majority of the Northeast United States, with New York declaring a state of emergency for both the immense snowfall and blistering winds. Copernicus Sentinel-2 is an Ear...

In this photo, a scientist at the European Space Agency's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory at the ESTEC technical center in the Netherlands works on essential mission work.

By Brendan McAleer on September 4, 2012 Neil Armstrong died on August 25th of this year and the nation mourned, doubly so. First for the man, and second for what he stood for: hero, explorer, icon of a time when all that was best in America rose up on a pillar of smoke and flame to dance among the heavens. The astronauts, of course, all drove Corvettes. GM gave a white ’62 to first-flyer Alan Shepard upon his return to Earth, then a Florida dealership provided subsequent one-year leasing dea...

NGC 613, a barred spiral galaxy 67 million light-years away in the southern constellation of Sculptor, shows its stunning stellar markings in this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

In outer space, under conditions of microgravity, objects float. Astronauts who spend many months onboard the International Space Station (ISS) grow accustomed to this. Rather than handing a tool to

Finding new ways to offset the loss of funds traditionally earmarked for the Empty Pantry Fund has led to a revamped initiative to encourage online donations via the organization’s website and social media. EPF’s 12 Days of Christmas Giving begins Monday, Dec. 14, and continues through Christmas Day. According to EPF President Lon Fox, “Each day we will have a promotional message encouraging donors on social media to donate to the Empty Pantry Fund.” As a special incentive, ...