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It’s National Co-op Month and we’re celebrating co-ops all month long (yes, including our own; we’re excited)!

The International Dark Sky Discovery Center planned for Fountain Hills has received a significant boost in funding as the Arizona State budget for the upcoming fiscal year includes another $10

With the new budget for 2022/2023, the State of Arizona has contributed another $2.5 million for the International Dark Sky Discovery Center (IDSDC) planned for Fountain Hills.

As the countdown continues to the first ever space launch from UK soil, due to take place this summer from Spaceport Cornwall, five young students…

>> fine here. >> okay. good luck. >> thank you, gunner. >> see you around, gunner. >> proceed. >> roger. we are proceeding with closing the hatch. >> roger. >> the hatch is closed. >> roger. >> the hatch is closing, and were beginning to purge the cabin to bring it to the proper atmosphere for launch, which is a combination of oxygen and nitrogen, 60% oxygen and 40% nitrogen. of course, the astronauts themselves are breathing pure oxygen through their space suits. coming up shortly will be anoth...

Any adjustment? >> roger. >> right here. >> okay. good luck. >> thank you, gunner. >> all right. closing the hatch. >> roger. 441, the cm hatch is closed. >> all righty. >> the hatch is closed and were beginning to purge the cabin to bring it to the proper atmosphere for launch, which is a combination of oxygen and nitrogen, 60% oxygen and 40% nitrogen atmosphere. the astronauts, themselves, are breathing pure oxygen through their space suits. coming up shortly will be another key test in which ...

>> loud and clear. >> good morning, neil. >> good morning. >> welcome aboard. >> how do you read? >> loud and clear. >> good morning, buzz. >> good morning. how are you gentlemen? >> just fine. thank you. >> let me make a last check here. any adjustment on your stats? >> happy. >> fine here. >> good luck. >> thank you. >> proceed. >> roger. we are proceeding with closing the hatch. >> roger. >> the hatch is closed. >> roger. >> the hatch is closed and we are beginning to purge the cabin to bring...

Space suits. coming up shortly will be another key test with the launch crew from the launch creek view and the spacecraft team combined together with the commander neil armstrong to make a thorough check of the emergency detection system. this is the system that will signal the astronauts in the cabin and if anything goes wrong below them. we use the ground-based computer to accomplish this test. it will take some 30 minutes. neil armstrong will being doing most of the work in the spacecraft re...