Regional News
SpaceX Crew-3 First Mission for NASA’s Kayla Barron
May 22, 2021 - (NASA Press Release) NASA has assigned Kayla Barron to serve as a mission specialist for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is targeted to launch as early as Oct. 23. This will be the first spaceflight for Barron, who became a NASA astronaut in January 2020 after... [Continue Reading]
Fly-in/Drive-In Breakfasts are Back
We’re Rebooting in Titusville. The evidence is in! May is Restaurant Month, and the community is playing Restaurant Bingo for great fun and prizes, and it was just announced that one of our favorite events is back up and running. Fly-in/Drive-In Breakfasts are Back! Starting on Saturday June 12, the Warbird Air Museum is Open… [Continue Reading]
Bob Cabana Tapped as NASA Associate Administrator
May 11, 2021 – Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana will become NASA’s next associate administrator. Newly appointed NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed the appointment. “When Bill asked me, I couldn’t say no. I’m really looking forward to working with him in this new position along with Pam Melroy,” Cabana told FLORIDA TODAY, referring to… [Continue Reading]
Space Florida Lands Sierra Nevada Corporation
May 4, 2021 – The space industry is a dynamic business, and starting in 2022 we will have yet another spacecraft that will come back to Earth at Cape Canaveral Spaceport’s Launch and Landing Facility (LLF). The LLF’s proximity to Kennedy Space Center and formal recognition as a designated return site for rapid recovery of… [Continue Reading]
Boeing Delivers SLS Core Stage to KSC
April 29, 2021 – As part of NASA’s mission to return humans to the moon, the tallest flight component to ever launch from KSC has arrived in Florida. Boeing Space has delivered the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket cryogenic core stage to NASA in preparation for launch of the Artemis I mission, the first moon mission… [Continue Reading]
Pre-dawn Skies Light Up With Crewed Launch
April 23, 2021 – The SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 4 astronauts on a NASA mission to the International Space Station, becoming the first crew ever propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. The U.S. returned to launching astronauts from American soil last May, nine years after the space shuttle program… [Continue Reading]
Arrival of new rocket in Florida heralds a new beginning for space
April 22, 2021 By Tom Wright When people think of Florida, three things usually come to mind: beaches, theme parks and space. All are incredibly important to the state economy, but only one will send the first woman and next man to the moon and beyond. Florida’s own Cape Canaveral is iconic in the aerospace… [Continue Reading]
Gaedcke Is Big In Japan
April 21, 2021 – We all know that Marcia Gaedcke, President of the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce, is an international woman of mystery (the mystery being, how does she accomplish so much? Does she never sleep?), but she also is happy to jump in when the news crews from around the world drop by…. [Continue Reading]
Same Capsule, Different Day
April 20, 2021 – SpaceX and NASA are poised to send another crewed mission into space with Crew-2 set to fly to the International Space Station in the early hours on Thursday, April 22. The international veteran crew includes Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, Akihiko Hoshide with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and… [Continue Reading]