HAMPTON, Va., July 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- How does farmland grow ideas that eventually take us to the moon? On Tuesday, July 6, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Michael Cobb, curator of the Hampton History Museum, presents "NACA and the Transformation of Hampton: From Log Canoes to Outer Space" at 2 p.m.

Military officials are openly firing away with information about what's in the water around Virginia's Fort Monroe. Over most of the last two centuries, cannons and large guns have fired projectiles, including some as big as 1,000 pounds, into Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads.

The Coast Guard will return the patrol coastal ships Monsoon and Tempest to the Navy in a ceremony set for today at Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base. The Monsoon has been on loan to the Coast Guard since October 2004 and the Tempest since December 2005, according to a news release.

virginia beach The Oceanfront ... Virginia Beach's Oceanfront offers visitors 12 miles of public beach stretching from Fort Story south to Sandbridge. Visitors can surf, swim, bask in the sun and stroll the three-mile Boardwalk.

Naval Network Warfare Command recently recognized the two Sailors of the Year in the Hampton Roads area. Petty Officer 1st Class Eugene Frye was named Sailor of the Year and Petty Officer 2nd Class Lee Case was named Junior Sailor of the Year. Virginia Beach command changes Capt. Luke R.