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War Correspondent Joseph Galloway Dies at 79.

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Foreign correspondent Joe Galloway covered the front lines of battle in Vietnam.

Longtime American foreign correspondent Joseph L. Galloway best known for his book about a pivotal battle in the Vietnam War died Wednesday at 79. His book, “We Were Soldiers Once … And Young,” was made into a Hollywood movie in 2002.

 “Before that day the soldiers of North Vietnam and America had never met each other in a major battle.”

The story recounted his and Army Lt. General Hal Moore’s experiences in the 1965 battle in the Ia Drang Valley. During that bloody fight Galloway rescued wounded soldiers under fire and became the only civilian to receive a U.S. Army medal of valor for actions in combat during the Vietnam War. Carmen Roberts. Fox News

Galloway spent decades as a foreign correspondent for UPI, US News & World Report, and Knight Ridder newspapers. He also served as a consultant for the Ken Burns’ PBS documentary “The Vietnam War.” The native of Refugio, Texas died in a hospital near is home in Concord, NC.

Galloway (center) aboard a Marine CH-34 helicopter in Vietnam the year after Ia Drang
“We Were Soldiers Once … And Young” starring Mel Gibson as Lt. General Hal Moore

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NY Philharmonic Plays Live Again

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The world-famous orchestra takes a step out of the pandemic dark by performing in public Wednesday for the first time since March 2020.


Music from the New York Philharmonic poured over a live audience for the first time since going dark last March. Members of the orchestra performed a special outdoor concert in New York City for 120 health care workers. Lincoln Center CEO Henry Timms says they were the perfect first audience. “All of us in the artistic community, all of us as New Yorkers, we owe such a debt to the health care community.”

Trombonist Colin Williams says it sounded like, “A little bit of light at the end of the tunnel.” The Philharmonic will keep sharing that light during some 100 open-air concerts and graduations. Carmen Roberts. Fox News.

The New York Philharmonic hopes to resume subscription performances in September.

NASA Gets Ready for a Test Flight on Mars

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The US space agency will attempt to make flight history on Mars 118 years after humans first flew on Earth.

Ingenuity carries a piece of fabric under a solar panel that came from the Wright Brothers’ plane.

You’ve likely heard of NASA’s Mars rovers but how about a Mars helicopter? The latest rover mission carried the Ingenuity Mars helicopter to the red planet and NASA hopes to fly it as soon as April 8.

In tribute to human’s first flight here on Earth, Ingenuity has a tiny piece of fabric on board from the plane the Wright Brothers flew in 1903.

If Ingenuity is successful, this will be the first ‘known’ aircraft to fly on another planet.  Carmen Roberts. Fox News.

NASA says flying in a controlled manner on Mars is far more difficult than flying on Earth. The Red Planet’s gravity is about one-third that of Earth’s and its atmosphere is just 1% as dense. Plus temperatures are far lower, especially at night when they can drop as low as minus 130 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 90 degrees Celsius), which can freeze and crack unprotected electrical components.

Win a Free Trip to the Moon

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A Japanese billionaire announces a contest for a free trip around the moon on a SpaceX rocket.

If you’re interested, you can apply on DearMoon.earth through March 14.

Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa says he’s looking for eight creative people to join him on a trip around the moon in a SpaceX rocket and he is paying! Maezawa released a video to encourage people to apply to be one of his guests on the flight called “Dear Moon.”

The CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk, adds this will be a historic event. “What’s really significant about the Dear Moon mission is it will be the first private space flight, commercial space flight, with humans beyond Earth’s orbit.” Musk says it looks as if the systems should be ready for launch in 2023. Carmen Roberts. Fox News.

Apple Issues Warning to iPhone and iPad Users

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Apple reveals hackers may have ‘actively exploited’ a security flaw in its iOS.

Apple tells iPhone and iPad users to update their operating software – now. The tech giant issued a software patch yesterday after researchers uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in the iOS software. Apple posting on its support website that those security flaws “may have been actively exploited.” In other words, hackers may have also discovered them. The software update will fix the bugs for newer products and models back to iPhone 6, iPad Air 2 and Mini 4, as well as the latest iPod Touch. Carmen Roberts. Fox News.