Regional News

Ribbon-Cutting for Space Perspective’s Balloon Manufacturing Plant

Posted on August 22, 2023. Categorized under: Economic Development

August 22, 2023 – Space tourism marks a significant milestone today with the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Space Perspective’s balloon manufacturing facility at Space Coast Regional Airport.  The luxury rides to the edge of space will be hoisted quietly by a hydrogen-filled polyethylene balloon that will rise to 100,000 feet and expand to a teardrop shape… [Continue Reading]

Sea Turtles Vote With Their Flippers

Posted on August 11, 2023. Categorized under: Regional News

August 11, 2023 - You probably know that the Space Coast is one of the few places in the world where sea turtles choose to come ashore and build their nests (you might say they are voting with their flippers). What you may not know is that according to the folks at Canaveral National Seashore,... [Continue Reading]

SpaceX Breaks Own Record

Posted on August 7, 2023. Categorized under: Space Exploration

Image Credit: SpaceX August 7, 2023 - When the Falcon 9 lifted off from Launch Complex 40 last night it did so just three days 21 hours and 41 minutes from the previous SpaceX launch, breaking the record that was set less than two weeks ago. Shaving about five hours off the turnaround time, the... [Continue Reading]

Four Launches Scheduled for August

Posted on August 2, 2023. Categorized under: Space Exploration

August 2, 2023 – Summer is heating up at the Cape, with four planned launches—three from SpaceX and one from United Launch Alliance. The first SpaceX launch is a Falcon 9 that has a window that opens at fifteen minutes after midnight tonight. It will be lifting an Intelsat Galaxy 37 geostationary communications satellite made... [Continue Reading]

Titusville Will Be Home To New Amazon Satellite Facility

Posted on July 21, 2023. Categorized under: Economic Development

Image Credit: Amazon July 21, 2023 - Exciting news from the EDC and Space Florida! The Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast (EDC) is proud to share that Amazon has chosen Florida’s Space Coast for its payload integration and processing facility for its low Earth orbit satellite system, Project Kuiper. This new 120,000 square-foot... [Continue Reading]

Artemis II Crew Will Be Over The Moon

Posted on April 4, 2023. Categorized under: Space Exploration

April 4, 2023 - NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) announced the four astronauts who will venture around the Moon on Artemis II, the first crewed mission on NASA’s path to establishing a long-term presence at the Moon for science and exploration through Artemis. The agencies revealed the crew members Monday during an event... [Continue Reading]

April Events at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Posted on April 1, 2023. Categorized under: Space Exploration

April 1, 2023 - No fooling, there are plenty of events at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in April. Earth Day | April 20 “Pollinators” is the theme of this year’s Earth Day. Celebrate with the visitor complex on April 20 along with numerous local businesses and conservation groups. All Systems Are Go! Now Open... [Continue Reading]

Revolutionary Solar Energy Storage Plant is Big News

Posted on March 16, 2023. Categorized under: Economic Development

Artist's rendering. Image credit: MALTA, INC. March 16, 2023 - A company called Malta, a Google spin-off, wants to use solar energy to produce and store electricity. The "Bluefin Energy Storage Project" is expected to cost $468 million and could go online near Titusville by 2026. There are no plans to have a solar farm... [Continue Reading]

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Safely En Route to International Space Station

Posted on March 2, 2023. Categorized under: Space Exploration

February 2, 2023 - Crew members assigned to NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 mission are in orbit following their successful launch to the International Space Station at 12:34 a.m. EST Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The international crew are the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission with SpaceX aboard the... [Continue Reading]