In a release dated Feb. 2, Veterans Affairs announced that a Birmingham, Ala., VA Medical Center employee alerted supervisors Jan. 22 that an external hard drive was missing and possibly stolen. The drive served as a backup for the employee’s computer and may have contained personal information on some veterans. The employee stated that some of the data was protected. The VA’s Inspector General was notified Jan. 23, and has begun an investigation, after seizing the employee’s computer for data analysis. So far there is no word how many vets might be affected. Vowed Jim Nicholson, VA secretary, “We intend to get to the bottom of this, and we will take aggressive steps to protect and assist anyone whose information may have been involved.”
Celebrating 100 Years of Liquid-Fueled Rockets
March 11, 2026
March 16, 2026, marks 100 years since Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket. Over the past century, new and ever more capable liquid-fueled rockets have literally propelled humanity into space. Why liquid-fueled rockets?