Good morning and welcome to Kid News sponsored today by bamboo learning. I'm

Tori. Today is Thursday August 6th 2020 and we begin with NASA admitting

it got caught off guard.

When astronauts Hurley and Benkin splash down in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday,

private boaters beat the recovery team to the capsule as it bobbed in the water.

Not only is that dangerous for the returning... to the capsule as it bobbed in the water.

Not only is that dangerous for the returning spacemen,

it was potentially dangerous for the look-e-lose

who were obviously unaware that toxic fumes often seep from the rocket upon landing.

NASA says next time it will enlist more help to manage the splash zone.

At news conference, Colonel Hurley and Benkin said they were mostly unaware of the commotion and instead

focused on how their dragon capsule came alive when it plunged through Earth's

atmosphere at 17,000 miles an hour sounding more like an animal than a machine.

We may someday get to hear its roar of reentry.

They told reporters they managed to get some of it on tape. The conventions that Democrats and Republicans

hold in the months leading up to a presidential election are usually like

giant parties, thousands of people coming together to celebrate their candidate.

This year though, COVID keeps messing with the where, when, who, and how.

The latest changes, Joe Biden won't go to Milwaukee as planned later this month

and will instead accept his party's nomination from his home in Delaware.

And President Trump says he's considering using the South Lawn of the White House as a backdrop for his acceptance speech.

But that idea might be a no-go from the get-go.

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