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🌱 How a Hampton-built NASA wing could change future air travel

Hampton, Virginia Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi there, Hampton! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a Hampton-built NASA wing could change future air travel
  • When Hampton Roads will next sit in a solar eclipse spotlight

Also on today's calendar: Hero Play Day at Kiddie Academy of Pembroke-Virginia Beach and 1 more event.

Today's riddle: What do you call people that look after chickens? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 89 and low of 75 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Partly sunny with a t-storm, temps: high: 84, low: 74.
  • Sunday: Mostly cloudy and humid, with a high of 89 and low of 78 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• NASA pushes new wing design to find structural limits (aerotechnews.com) — NASA engineers in Hampton designed and built a new 15-foot experimental wing at Langley Research Center, then pushed it to failure to understand its limits. The successful tests, later completed in California, showed the Hampton-developed composite design could help future airliners use less fuel and support more efficient aviation technologies worldwide.
   

• Solar Eclipse: Will Hampton Roads ever be in the path of totality? (13newsnow.com) — Hampton Roads residents can look forward to two future total solar eclipses crossing our region, expected in 2078 and 2099. The story recalls that Hampton Roads was in the path of totality in 1970 and explains how rare these events are, giving local skywatchers a long-term reason to keep an eye on the calendar.
   

📸 Around Hampton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hampton

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    Saturday August 15
  • Tree Tour of Fort Monroe: How Did the Trees Get Here? (Origins, Dispersal, and Propagation)
    Fort Monroe National Park Fort Monroe Visitor and Education Center plaza
    10:00 am
    • Tuesday August 18
  • EDA Board Meeting "CANCELLED" →
    Hampton, VA Calendar, 1 Franklin Street, Hampton
    8:30 am
    • Friday August 21
  • Night Sky: Galaxies and Star Clusters
    Fort Monroe National Park Walker Airfield near the Colonies RV and Travel Park
    8:30 pm
    • Friday August 28
  • Hero Play Day at Kiddie Academy of Pembroke-Virginia Beach →
    4520 Professional Cir, Virginia Beach
    5:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • I'm looking for a orange 🧡 kitten for my cat to play with it will be certified as an emotional support animal for me 🙏🏻..
    OR an older cat that you don't want or need to surrender I'll take good care of him/her, please respond if so... Thank you (Nextdoor La Salle Ave)
  • So I got a $100 ticket in the mail for going 35mph in 25mph school zone.
    Now the time of day was 10:10am and according to the ticket the school zone flashers were on. I checked with Hampton Schools website and summer… (Nextdoor Big Bethel & Todds Lane)
  • On August 13, 2026, at approximately 4:58., Hampton Public Safety Communications received multiple calls from citizens stating that a neighboring... (X: HamptonVAFire)
  • See y’all in two weeks 🟢🟡 #LockInLockOutMentality (X: coachporterWR)
  • ABM posted a job opening for Warehouse Janitorial Cleaner in Hampton. Apply here.
  • Xerox posted a job opening for Inventory Specialist - Virginia Beach, VA in Hampton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Hampton here.

🗞 Nearby News

Poquoson

Newport News

  • To keep job, Newport News Shipbuilding employees will have to be fully vaccinated by December 8 (wavy.com)
  • Newport News spending more than $6 million to protect water supply from cyber attacks (wtkr.com)
  • Labor History: Newport News Shipyard Strike (apwu.org)

Norfolk

  • Jones, Norfolk State set to host annual Back to School Bash (wtkr.com)

Ok Hampton! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Chicken Tenders (Thank you Mark J. for sending it in!)
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