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]
December 15, 2020 – Our part of Florida is called the Space Coast and many of us have been lucky enough to watch as astronauts have achieved one milestone after another in pursuit of exploration. This next step is one of the most exciting yet. NASA introduces THE ARTEMIS TEAM, the men and women who… [Continue Reading]
SpaceX Crew-1 rescheduled to Sunday, Nov. 15 7:27 pm Eastern. Nov 14, 2020— Just last evening an Atlas V thundered into the skies carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite on a classified mission. This United Space Alliance (ULA) launch was a beautiful site in the night sky, with three strap-on boosters falling away as… [Continue Reading]
Oct 15, 2020 – Blue Origin’s 7th launch for this New Shepard rocket carried very important cargo. The capsule carried science experiments, including 1.2 million tomato seeds that will be distributed to schoolchildren around the U.S. and Canada, and tens of thousands of children’s postcards with space-themed drawings that will be returned to the young… [Continue Reading]
August 24, 2020 – What’s even better than a rocket launch on the Space Coast? Three of them scheduled in the SAME WEEK. With three launches on the manifest for this week it’s a great time to be here. Here’s the schedule: August 26th – 2:16 AM – Delta 4 Heavy NROL-44 – SLC 37B… [Continue Reading]