April 12, 2021—Love your boat? Of course, you do. Do you love it enough to spend more than 44 consecutive hours enjoying its comforts? That’s what the team from Titusville’s Hell’s Bay Boatworks did to claim the victory in the 2021 Florida Skiff Challenge. The father-son team of Chris Peterson & JC Peterson took a… [Continue Reading]
Perseverance revs up. NASA’s newest rover took its first test drive on Martian soil on March 4, after its impressive landing on the red planet in February. “You can see the wheel tracks we left on Mars,” reported Anais Zarfian, Perseverance’s mobility test bed engineer. “I don’t think I’ve ever been happier to seen wheel… [Continue Reading]
It makes perfect sense that a Jr. and Sr. High School in Brevard County would be among the first in the nation to be a part of the inaugural cohort of high schools selected for the Space Force Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps. This is the Space Coast, after all. Congratulations, Space Coast Jr/Sr High… [Continue Reading]
February 17, 2021 – A new report by the Milken Institute that emphasizes jobs, wages and high-tech growth while factoring in housing costs and access to broadband internet ranks Titusville near the top of the list. Provo, Utah was first. “The next four best performing cities in Milken’s index aren’t the expected economic hubs like… [Continue Reading]
NASA has awarded SpaceX a contract to launch the SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of Reionization, and Ices Explorer) mission. This astrophysics mission is the latest in a series of awards to SpaceX for launching science missions on a Falcon 9. SPHEREx is a space observatory which will spend two years… [Continue Reading]
NASA is inviting everyone “who will fit” to journey with them to Mars along with the Perseverance Rover. And since the ride is virtual, the occupancy rate is – unlimited! The spacecraft has already completed several million miles of its trip and now is looking to stick the landing. That’s where you come in. Sign… [Continue Reading]
Port Canaveral, FL – The Canaveral Port Authority announced it is waiving the standard application fee for businesses located in Brevard County seeking to establish a designated usage driven site within Port Canaveral’s Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) #136. The fee waiver is effective immediately and will be available to applicants through December 31, 2021. Port… [Continue Reading]
Exciting times are ahead for NASA, with plenty of challenging happenings in 2021. In a little less than a month, NASA’s Perseverance Rover will be landing on Mars. The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on Halloween 2021. The Space Launch System, NASA’s most powerful rocket ever built, may launch this year, while… [Continue Reading]
January 14, 2021 – Expect more low rumbles and high plumes marking the trail to space this year. “We have 53 launches in our forecast with one already on the books,” said Col. Brande Walton, vice commander of the 45th Space Wing. She was addressing the National Space Club of Florida during an online event…. [Continue Reading]
January 4, 2021 – They don’t call us the Space Coast for nothing. 2020 saw 31 successful launches. If you’re counting (and we are) that’s the most launches in any single year since 1966, when there were 29. The diversity of missions was impressive: Starlink satellites, missions for the military, satellites for Sirius XM and… [Continue Reading]