PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Villanova electrical engineering grad student is leading a team into the finals of a NASA competition to find ideas from college students for developing a Mars expedition crew capsule.Nicholas Florio, a Long Island native, directs the team of students he recruited from Villanova, Drexel and Rutgers."Our specific task is to design a vehicle that is able to take the crew safely from off the surface and then into Mars orbit, where then it will dock with an Earth Return Vehicle," he said. "So then once it docks with the Earth Return Vehicle, then our astronauts...…PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — A Villanova electrical engineering grad student is leading a team into the finals of a NASA competition to find ideas from college students for developing a Mars expedition crew capsule.Nicholas Florio, a Long Island native, directs the team of students he recruited from Villanova, Drexel and Rutgers."Our specific task is to design a vehicle that is able to take the crew safely from off the surface and then into Mars orbit, where then it will dock with an Earth Return Vehicle," he said. "So then once it docks with the Earth Return Vehicle, then our astronauts...WW…

PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — PennDOT activated a new electronic speed control and driver warning network on Thursday along a 14-mile stretch of the Schuylkill Expressway.The digital network includes 72 speed limit and detection and warning signs on eastbound and westbound I-76 between King of Prussia and the Roosevelt Expressway interchange in Philadelphia.Brad Rudolph, PennDOT deputy communications director, said the system marries and electronic message signs, which will display warnings about accidents and slowdowns on the busy highway.“They will react to real-time expressway and...…PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — PennDOT activated a new electronic speed control and driver warning network on Thursday along a 14-mile stretch of the Schuylkill Expressway.The digital network includes 72 speed limit and detection and warning signs on eastbound and westbound I-76 between King of Prussia and the Roosevelt Expressway interchange in Philadelphia.Brad Rudolph, PennDOT deputy communications director, said the system marries and electronic message signs, which will display warnings about accidents and slowdowns on the busy highway.“They will react to real-time expressway and...WW…

HARRISBURG (KYW Newsradio) — The commonwealth of Pennsylvania has signed a 15-year deal to buy solar power to cover about 50% of electricity needs at state facilities starting in 2023.Gov. Tom Wolf and his administration are hailing it as one of the largest solar energy commitments of its kind in the country.And, they said, it means a lot of money saved on the state’s electric bills and more."This clean, environmentally friendly solar energy will lower our annual carbon dioxide emissions statewide by 157,000 metric tons, which is the equivalent of taking more than 34,000 cars off the road,"...…HARRISBURG (KYW Newsradio) — The commonwealth of Pennsylvania has signed a 15-year deal to buy solar power to cover about 50% of electricity needs at state facilities starting in 2023.Gov. Tom Wolf and his administration are hailing it as one of the largest solar energy commitments of its kind in the country.And, they said, it means a lot of money saved on the state’s electric bills and more."This clean, environmentally friendly solar energy will lower our annual carbon dioxide emissions statewide by 157,000 metric tons, which is the equivalent of taking more than 34,000 cars off the road,"...WW…