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Scheduled for Friday, February 3rd, 2023 at 1 p.m.

El Paso, TX, January 20, 2023 – Charlie Clark INFINITI of El Paso will be celebrating its much-anticipated Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on Friday, February 3rd at 1 p.m. at its new location on the west side of El Paso at 6501 S. Desert Blvd. “We are extremely grateful to the community of El Paso and surrounding areas for their patience and support. We are excited to finally celebrate this important milestone in the history of Charlie Clark Automotive Group,” said Charlie Clark, owner and founder of Charlie Clark Automotive Group. Upon acquiring the dealership in early 2020, the store was moved from its location on Airway Blvd to its new home in West El Paso on Desert Boulevard next to its sister store, Charlie Clark Nissan. Then in 2021, a $1.1M building remodel was launched and finished finally in early 2022, now to INFINITI standards. “These changes typically take some time as there are many phases you have to always go through but we are happy to finally be ready to fully serve all INFINITI consumers the way they deserve” added Sergio Gonzalez, COO for Charlie Clark Automotive Group. To celebrate this memorable moment, the ceremony will be grandfathered by American actor Danny Trejo, who also appeared in Charlie Clark’s movie Green Ghost and The Masters of the Stone and also Luis Ortiz, Professional Heavyweight Boxer and close friend to Charlie. “We are so excited to have them both here for this memorable moment and know everyone present will have a great time meeting them” concluded Charlie Clark.

The ceremony is scheduled to take place at 1:00 p.m. at the dealership located on 6501 S. Desert Blvd El Paso, TX 79932 and is open to the public to attend.

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank proudly announces the new canopy shading for our Mercado Food Distribution center at our main offices. Since creating our Mercado during the height of the pandemic, we’ve distributed food outdoors. Our new canopy will give permanent shelter for distribution activities and add a more welcoming environment for our volunteers and clients.

We are holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on January 26th at 8:00 AM.
Opening Comments at 8:15 AM
Ribbon Cutting at 8:30 AM
Press One on One with Susan Goodell at 8:40 AM
Broll 8:50 AM

“We are thrilled to have our new canopy completed before the hot summer months,” said Susan Goodell, “The new canopy will enhance our client experience and add to the overall aesthetic of our Mercado distribution.”

We invite all community members to join us for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and to experience the new canopy for themselves.

The funding for this project comes from the State of Texas ARPA Capacity Building Grant, which aims to improve our infrastructure and increase our capacity to serve our community. The new canopy is just one of several projects using this funding. Additional projects made possible via this grant include new computer servers and energy-efficient warehouse lighting.

For more information, please get in touch with Lonnie Valencia at 915.487.8239.

About El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank
El Pasoans Fighting Hunger (EPFH) is El Paso’s only food bank and a member of Feeding America, the nation’s largest hunger-relief network. EPFH distributes food in three counties, El Paso, Culberson, and Hudspeth. Utilizing mobile and client-choice pantries, EPFH serves over 150,000 food-insecure people. Here in the borderland, 1 in every three children and 1 in every four adults are uncertain about the source of their next meal. EPFH also helps the public with social services programs like SNAP, Home Delivery, National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP).

El Pasoans Fighting Hunger Food Bank’s mission is to combat hunger in our area… because no one should go hungry.

January 23, 2023 (El Paso, TX) – WestStar announces the Executive Vice President promotions of Lee Rodriguez, Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO); Jerry Harris, Chief Credit Officer (CCO); and Orlando Hernandez, Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Lee Rodriguez, Jerry Harris, Orlando Hernandez

During their tenure, they have been instrumental in developing processes that will ensure WestStar remains the Borderplex region’s leading financial institution committed to driving the growth, prosperity, and success of their clients, communities, team members, and shareholders. WestStar Executive Chairman L. Frederick Francis said, “These executives have shown outstanding performance and leadership in their respective fields. We look forward to their continued contributions to guide WestStar into the future.”

With their strategic insight, WestStar will continue to focus on maintaining a team culture committed to serving our Borderplex region through safe and secure client services and comprehensive financial solutions.

About WestStar
WestStar is a locally owned community bank with more than $2.7 billion in assets. It services the El Paso, Las Cruces, and northern Mexico areas (collectively known as the Borderplex region). WestStar provides businesses and retail consumers local access to a broad array of financial services, including banking, treasury management, wealth management, insurance, and title services. Additionally, WestStar team members serve on over 60 boards and committees of non-profit and civic organizations and participate in a wide range of community betterment efforts and philanthropic causes. For more information, visit the WestStar website at weststarbank.com.

Paxton Secures Over $10 Billion in Opioid Funds from CVS and Walgreens

AUSTIN (January 20, 2023) – Attorney General Paxton announced that Texas is joining finalized opioid agreements with CVS and Walgreens totaling $10.7 billion nationally, with CVS paying $5 billion and Walgreens paying $5.7 billion. Texas and its local governments are slated to receive over $304 million from CVS and $340 million from Walgreens. This brings the total amount of settlement funds from attorneys general investigations and litigation against the pharmaceutical industry for its role in the opioid crisis to more than $50 billion.

“Every single day, Americans from all backgrounds are suffering from opioid addiction and its destructive consequences,” said Attorney General Paxton. “The tragic and infuriating reality is that this epidemic has not happened by accident. There are companies that have played a role in worsening, and in many cases causing, opioid addiction. They must be held responsible, and CVS and Walgreens are no exception.”

In addition to the financial settlement, CVS and Walgreens will comply with court-ordered injunctive relief that requires the pharmacies to monitor, report, and share data about suspicious activity related to opioid prescriptions.

Now that Texas and other states have joined these settlements, the settlement deal will enter the second phase before CVS and Walgreens begin making payments. Local governments will be given the option to join the settlement, and if there is sufficient sign-on from states and local governments around the country, the payments will start during the second half of 2023.

CVS’s payments will be spread over 10 years, and Walgreens’ payments will be spread over 15 years. As with the other opioid settlements, nearly all of the settlement funds from CVS and Walgreens must be used to remediate the opioid crisis, including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services.

This agreement is one of several opioid settlements that Attorney General Paxton has negotiated for Texas. Attorney General Paxton has secured over $2.9 billion for Texas from those that have worsened this crisis, including Walgreens, CVS, Allergan, Walmart, Mallinckrodt, Teva, Endo, Johnson & Johnson, and McKinsey.

El Paso, Texas, January 20, 2023- Visual arts students from area school districts and El Paso Community College (EPCC) will have the opportunity to meet and present their art portfolios to 18 colleges and universities during the Sun City Portfolio Day. The event is from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., January 26 at the EPCC Administrative Services Building A, 9050 Viscount Blvd. Sun City Portfolio Day is a partnership between EPCC, El Paso ISD, Socorro ISD and Ysleta ISD.

This is the 4th annual event and was created to promote artistic talent in the region and provide high school and EPCC students with opportunities to showcase their artwork to potential colleges and universities in one place without having to travel outside the city. Students can potentially be offered a scholarship from participating colleges and universities onsite.

Art schools from across the nation have been invited to guide students through their college enrollment journey. Colleges and universities from throughout the United States will be participating in this year’s portfolio day.

Sun City Portfolio Day is open to any high school junior, senior, or college student in the El Paso region (homeschooled, public, private or charter) seeking college admittance.

To participate in this event students must:
· Bring a portfolio with a minimum of 6 completed, quality artworks (for juniors) and eight
(for seniors). A sketchbook may take the place of one work.
· Sketchbook should include reflections, planning pages and research.
· Come prepared with an idea of the fields they may wish to study.
· Be in good standing in the enrolled art course and sign up in advance at their school.

The colleges and universities participating include:

For more information contact:

· El Paso Community College– Sarelah Aguilar: saguil17@epcc.edu

· El Paso ISD- Andrea Smith: absmith2@episd.org

· Socorro ISD- Candace Printz: cprint@sisd.net, Macka Jones: mjones@sisd.net

· Ysleta ISD– Sam Garcia: sgarcia2@yisd.net

MERIDAN Grand Opening – January 28, 2023

BUDA, TEXAS – MERIDIAN will host its Grand Opening celebration on Saturday, January 28, 2023. The event will include a brunch buffet featuring Zoi Market Gluten Free baked goods, specials, vendors, samples, and an evening performance from Texas String Assembly. The event will run from 9am-Midnight.

MERIDIAN is owned and operated by Travis and Noa Sutherland, founders of Zoi Well, Zoi Market, and UTOPiAfest. MERIDIAN is adjacent to Zoi Market.

MERIDIAN is a community hub, as well as a destination for wellness, community, music, and experience seekers. Centered in the heart of Downtown Buda, it is vibrant, thriving space equally suited for daytime studying and meetings, as well as nighttime revelry and celebration. The historic building, built in 1901, is an attraction unto itself, with an impressive exterior, a detail-rich, spacious, sky lit hall.

During the day, organic coffee, tea, all natural + Gluten Free baked goods, and grab and go foods are served, in a peaceful, welcoming environment. As the evening progresses, the mood smoothly transitions to an electric, approachably elegant atmosphere, featuring medicinal cocktails, curated wine and beer, and light eats, set to the soundtrack of excellent local and touring bands. MERIDIAN is set to put Downtown Buda on the map, and create an unprecedented combination of life enhancing, multisensory experiences for years to come.

The Buda Chamber of Commerce will host a ribbon cutting ceremony for MERIDIAN on Thursday, January 26 at noon.

For more information, contact Travis Sutherland at travis@zoiwell.com or 512-496-2798

www.meridianbuda.com @meridianbuda

EL PASO, Texas (Jan. 13, 2023) – University Medical Center of El Paso notched another first in the El Paso region Thursday with the successful introduction and use of the Octaray, an advanced heart-mapping catheter to cure AFib.

AFib (atrial fibrillation) is when the heart beats too slowly, too fast, or in an irregular way. AFib is a major factor in certain cases of cardiac arrest, stroke and a general spiral of debilitating and life-threatening conditions.

“The Octaray is a new catheter that allows us to collect 40 percent more data,” said Dr. Moeen Abedin, cardiology specialist at UMC’s Hearth Rhythm department. “We are practicing state-of-the-art medicine at UMC. When new technology comes, we try to get it.”

Abedin noted that the new surgical tool has other benefits for the patient beyond curing AFib. “It increases the speed, efficiency and accuracy of procedures, which means less anesthesia and faster recovery.”

Dr. Moeen Abedin works with the Octaray today, another first for UMC and El Paso

The Octaray was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in March and UMC is again first to utilize the latest in health technology to benefit El Pasoans.

Here’s how it works.

At UMC, surgeons are able to generate a 3D image of the heart, colorized in different colors, based on the timing of beat activity in various areas of the heart. The heart, while beating, appears on an advanced monitor above the patient, in front of the surgeon. The surgeon watches the live image built with data from the Octaray, and then uses the electrodes to adjust the rhythm of the heart, successfully ridding the patient of AFib.

How does this tool get to the heart?
UMC’s surgeons are able to insert the tool, typically through a vein in the inner thigh, and thread it up through the torso until it reaches the heart.
Thursday’s surgery is a success and the rhythm of the heart of another El Pasoan has a fresh start.

About UMC: For 107 years, University Medical Center of El Paso (UMC) has been providing exceptional, high quality care for the entire El Paso region. UMC is home to the region’s only Level I Trauma Center, the only Joint Commission-Certified Comprehensive Level I Stroke Center, and the first Level IV Maternal Critical Care Center.
UMC’s mission is to Heal, to Serve and to Educate.

http://www.umcelpaso.org

El Paso, Texas January 11, 2023 – El Paso Community College (EPCC) will not office hours on Monday, January 16, 2023 in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

This holiday coincides with the beginning of the spring 2023 semester. The first day of classes is Tuesday, January 17, 2023.

The students can still register online at go.epcc.edu/RegisterNow.

EPCC wishes good luck to all students for the upcoming semester.

New Mexicans now have the option to press 3 after dialing 988 to connect to LGBTQIA+ affirming behavioral health professionals

SANTA FE — Today, The New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) announced it is working to help build awareness about the 988 crisis support line resources to meet the needs of New Mexico’s LGBTQIA+ communities.

In late 2022, the 988 crisis support line integrated specialized, inclusive, emotional and crisis care support services to better serve the LGBTQIA+ community. The program is a pilot project of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline supported by the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Association and in collaboration with The Trevor Project, a suicide prevention group for LGBTQIA+ young people.

LGBTQIA+ youth who contact the 988 Lifeline via phone, text, or chat have the option of being connected with a specially trained, LGBTQIA-competent mental health peer by phone 24/7, and via text and chat during the hours of 5 p.m. to 4 a.m. MT daily.

“Linking those in need to compassionate and effective care by expanding access to affirming support for LGBTQIA+ youth is a key step in saving lives, decreasing stigma, rejection, trauma, victimization, microaggressions, homophobia and transphobia,” said Neal Bowen, PhD., HSD’s Director of Behavioral Health Services. “In our early 988 community listening sessions, we heard loud and clear that LGBTQIA+ communities across New Mexico want to know they can trust and count on a safe and supportive crisis response to improve, not worsen the situation — Now they can.”

An estimated 85,388 New Mexico adults, or 5.2 percent of the population identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or other, while 13,137 or 0.8 percent identify as transgender or gender non-conforming, according to data from the New Mexico Department of Health’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Approximately 21,300, or 19.2 percent of High School youth in New Mexico identify as LGBTQIA+, according to a 2019 Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey. Data also shows LGBTQIA+ youth are more than four times as likely to attempt suicide or engage in self-harm compared to their straight, cisgender peers. LGBTQIA+ adults are also at greater risk of suicide.

HSD encourages those in need of emotional support to call, text or chat 988. Since the inception of the crisis support line in July 2022, people reaching out for help via chat have been able to connect to a behavioral health professional in New Mexico 99 percent of the time, and those reaching out via text have been able to connect 100 percent of the time. 88 percent of the calls have been answered in state by New Mexico mental health peers.

If you or a loved one is experiencing feelings of hopelessness, mental or emotional distress, or need help finding local community services, call or text 988, the crisis support line.

The new yes.nm.gov site also features a Get Help Now page for New Mexicans to quickly access crisis support resources and find available behavioral health providers.

For 988 resources for the LGBTQIA+ communities, visit 988nm.org

BEDFORD, Texas (January 9, 2023) – Texas Country artist Josh Abbott knows a thing or two about music, and he took his expertise to Cook Children’s in Fort Worth to share his joy with kids, nurses, doctors, and staff.

“I loved visiting Cook Children’s to meet the kids and the team caring for these incredible human beings,” said Abbott. “It was great to sing, laugh, and learn about the Life Zones where the kids can forget about why they are in the hospital for a moment. It also was fun to be interviewed for Cook Children’s internal television station, CLZ TV.”

While at the children’s hospital, Abbott talked about his partnership with the Texas Dairy Queen Operators’ Council. In June 2022, Abbott was chosen to create a fresh new sound for DQ® restaurants in Texas with one of the most recognizable jingles in the Lone Star State, “That’s What I like About Texas.”

Abbott sang the iconic jingle as well as several of his songs for the kids and team. He talked about his music journey, the band and his family, which includes his wife Taylor, daughter Emery and son Luck.

“I love what I do, and I get to entertain people because I have a very supportive family,” said Abbott. “This visit was a wonderful opportunity to share music which can be therapeutic and healing.”

Before his departure, Abbott handed out DQ DILLY® Bars for the kids and staff.

“Nobody loves ice cream more than kids. So, the partnership between Cook Children’s and Dairy Queen is a perfect match,” said Grant Harris, Senior Vice President at Cook Children’s. “Add Josh Abbott and his music, and that makes it even sweeter. Our patient families really enjoyed connecting with him and we are thankful to Dairy Queen for making that happen.”

The Josh Abbott Band will be perform at the House of Blues in Dallas on Friday, February 10 and Houston in Friday, February 17.

Cook Children’s is a member of American Dairy Queen Corporation’s longtime charitable partner, Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals (CMN Hospitals). ADQ has partnered with CMN Hospitals for 39 years and donates millions of dollars to support kids and families across the U.S. through a variety of programs at DQ restaurants, including Miracle Treat Day and Round Up for Kids.

Josh Abbott founded the Josh Abbott Band in 2006 while attending Texas Tech University. The seven-piece group cut its teeth as a hard-touring act with hooky melodies that deliver real-world stories. Led by the true-to-life cycles in Abbott’s life, JAB explored new territory with its last two albums – in Front Row and adding strings and a horn section to Until My Voice Goes Out. The extended play Catching Fire captures a sense of personal renewal. Visit joshabbottband.com for tour dates.
Cook Children’s Health Care System embraces an inspiring Promise – to improve the health of every child through the prevention and treatment of illness, disease and injury. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, we’re proud of our long and rich tradition of serving our community.

We’ve worked to improve the health of children from across our primary service area of Denton, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant and Wise counties for more than 100 years. Based on the exceptional care we provide, patients travel to Cook Children’s from around the country and the globe to receive life-saving pediatric care built on leading technology, extraordinary collaboration and the art of caring. For more information, visit cookchildrens.org.

There are few brands as iconic as the DQ brand. Innovative DQ treats and eats, along with the unique DQ restaurant concepts, have positioned DQ restaurants in Texas as a leader in the quick service restaurant industry. The Texas Dairy Queen Operators’ Council is a nonprofit organization made up of DQ franchisees operating in Texas. The Council develops the advertising and marketing program for DQ franchisees in Texas and controls the Texas Country Foods menu along with managing supply/distribution for the nearly 600 DQ restaurants in Texas. The DQ restaurants in Texas are franchised by American Dairy Queen Corporation and the DQ franchise system includes approximately 7,000 franchised locations in the United States, Canada, and more than 20 other countries, including the nearly 600 DQ restaurants in Texas.

For more information about the Texas Dairy Queen Operators’ Council, visit dqtexas.com or follow us on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook.

AUSTIN(January 7, 2023) — Today, Jane Nelson was officially sworn in as Texas’ 115th Secretary of State by Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht during a ceremony at the Texas Capitol.

Secretary Nelson issued the following statement after being sworn in to the office:

“I’m very excited to begin this next chapter in my career of public service. I want to thank my family for their tremendous support, Governor Abbott for his faith in me, and the many Texans who have inspired me to work on their behalf for so many years. I will continue to work on their behalf as Texas Secretary of State.”

On Tuesday, January 10th, Secretary Nelson will open the 88th Texas Legislative Session and preside over the election of the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, becoming the first Texan in history to preside over the opening of both chambers of the Texas Legislature.

Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht swears in Jane Nelson as the 115th Texas Secretary of State, Office of the Texas Secretary of State, 1/7/2023

Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht, J. Michael Nelson, Secretary of State Jane Nelson and Governor Greg Abbott, Office of the Texas Secretary of State, 1/7/2023

AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton joined a multistate comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) to prevent consumers from receiving unwanted, illegal spam text messages.

The letter is in support of the FCC’s proposed rule to require mobile wireless providers to block illegal text messages at the network level when the messages appear to be from invalid, unallocated, or unused numbers, and numbers on a Do-Not-Originate list. This proposal builds upon the FCC’s prior work, also supported by Attorney General Paxton, to stop illegal and unwanted robocalls and proposes a similar network-blocking mandate for robotexts.

The proposed rule comes at a critical time, with scammers increasingly using text messaging schemes to try to take advantage of consumers. In 2021, the FCC received more than 15,000 consumer complaints about unwanted texts and, in 2020, scammers stole more than $86 million through frauds perpetrated via scam text messages.

The letter states: “State AGs support the FCC’s mandatory blocking requirement as a common-sense measure to protect consumers from scams perpetrated through illegal text messages. State AGs previously supported a similar blocking requirement in the context of voice calls. This was one of the first of many call-blocking measures instituted by the Commission, and it is our hope that the Commission will consider adapting and integrating other similarly successful blocking and mitigation mandates for players in the robotext ecosystem in the near future.”

To read the full comment letter, click here.

International Space Hall of Fame Inductee was 90 years old

(Alamogordo, New Mexico, January 4, 2023) – International Space Hall of Fame Inductee Walter Cunningham passed away Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at 90 years old. The New Mexico Museum of Space History staff extends its deepest condolences to his friends and family. Cunningham was the last surviving member of the Apollo 7 flight crew, which included astronauts Don Eisele and Wally Schirra.

Ronnie W. “Walter” Cunningham was born March 16, 1932, in Creston, Iowa. He graduated from Venice High School in Venice, California and received a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in Physics in 1960 and a Master of Arts degree in Physics in 1961, both from the University of California at Los Angeles. He later graduated from Harvard Business School’s advanced management studies program. Cunningham served from 1951 to 1976 as a Marine Corps pilot, eventually attaining the rank of colonel in the reserves, and was selected as an astronaut in 1964. He has 4,500 hours pilot time, including 263 hours in space.

1968 Apollo 7 Command Module pilot, Don F. Eisele, Commander, Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Lunar Module pilot, Walter Cunningham. (Credit: NASA)

Walter Cunningham flew aboard the Apollo 7 mission launched on October 11, 1968, the first civilian pilot to enter space. Apollo 7 orbited the Earth 163 times in eleven days. The crew successfully performed an extremely heavy workload of spacecraft performance testing.
Apollo 7 was the first manned flight of the Apollo program, which had been shaken to its core by the deaths of the Apollo 1 crew in a launch pad fire on January 27, 1967. During Apollo 7, the command and service module (CSM) systems were tested in Earth orbit. The mission lasted more than an equivalent amount of time for a spacecraft to reach the Moon and back as the crew spent almost eleven days in space. Live televised images from the Apollo capsule relayed back to Earth captured the imagination of a worldwide audience. The Apollo capsule was larger than the previous Mercury and Gemini capsules, enabling the crew to leave their seats and freely move about the cabin.

Wally Schirra was Mission Commander, Walter Cunningham the Lunar Module pilot, and Donn Eisele was the Command Module pilot on the 263-hour flight. Cunningham participated in and executed maneuvers in transposition and docking and lunar orbit rendezvous with the S-IVB stage of their Saturn IB launch vehicle. The crew completed eight successful tests, including ignitions of the service module propulsion engine, measuring the accuracy of performance of all spacecraft systems. The four-and-a-half million-mile shakedown flight concluded on October 22, 1968, with a splashdown in the Atlantic less than a third of a mile from the originally predicted aiming point.

During his eight years with NASA, Cunningham also made contributions in the area of system development, design and testing for the Apollo spacecraft. His last assignment at the Johnson Space Center was Chief of the Skylab Branch of the Flight Crew Directorate. In this capacity he was responsible for the operational inputs for five major pieces of manned space hardware, two different launch vehicles and 56 major on-board experiments that comprised the Skylab program. The Skylab program also utilized the first manned systems employing arrays for electrical power, molecular sieves for environmental control systems and inertia storage devices for attitude control systems. He retired from NASA in 1971 to enter private business.

Walter Cunningham was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service Medal and Navy Astronaut Wings and is a co-recipient of the AIAA 1969 Haley Astronautics Award. He was presented the UCLA Alumni Professional Achievement Award for 1969 and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Special Trustee Award (1969) as well as the American Legion Medal of Valor, and in 1975, the Outstanding American Award of the American Conservative Union. Cunningham was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1983. American Conservative Union.

Actress Barbara Eden, Bob Hope, Apollo 7 astronauts Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter Cunningham, Walter M. Schirra and Paul Haney, NASA’s Voice of Mission Control 1968 (Credit: NASA)

About the New Mexico Museum of Space History: www.nmspacemuseum.org

The New Mexico Museum of Space History in Alamogordo is a division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. A Smithsonian Affiliate, the museum showcases the significant role New Mexico has played in the development of the U.S. Space Program and features the International Space Hall of Fame, and New Horizons Dome Theater.