Feb 1-12, 2016 Commercial Cargo Contract: NASA offers more details on cargo contract decision NASA offered new details on the selection criteria it used in January to award contracts for continued commercial resupply of the International Space Station between late 2019 and 2014. The contracts were awarded to incumbents Orbital ATK and SpaceX and newcomer… [Continue Reading]
Feb 1-12, 2016 Orion Pressure Vessel at KSC: NASA prepares Orion spacecraft for its first big mission The NASA/Lockheed Martin weight reduced Orion crew exploration capsule assigned to Exploration Mission-1 is now at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center where it will undergo testing and final assembly. The first uncrewed test launch of Orion paired with the… [Continue Reading]
Feb 1-12, 2016 Space Marathon: Into the homestretch: Kelly and Kornienko to pass 300 days in space, heading for 2 March return to Earth Closing in on the early March finale of a near yearlong stay aboard the International Space Station, NASA’s Scott Kelly and Russia’s Mikhail Kornienko passed the 300-day-mark on Thursday. New Space… [Continue Reading]
Feb 1-12, 2016 Exploration Concerns: President Obama proposes $19bn budget for NASA in 2017 Human exploration advocates raise concerns over reductions in development activities for the Space Launch System exploration rocket and Orion crew capsule included in the proposed 2017 budget President Obama presented Congress this week. (See also: White House proposes $19 billion NASA… [Continue Reading]
Feb 1-12, 2016 Candidate Positions: Election 2016 The Planetary Society’s website is tracking what the presidential candidates are saying about space exploration as the primaries, party conventions and November elections approach. Citizens for Space Exploration – a pro-space, taxpayer, grassroots advocacy group (http://www.bayareahouston.com/content/c_s_e/c_s_e) – has traveled to Washington, D.C. the past 24 years to meet face-to-face… [Continue Reading]
The Joint Commission Awards First Integrated Care Certification Parrish Medical Center Dedicated to Improving Outcomes through Integration, Coordination of Care (OAKBROOK TERRACE, Illinois – January 25, 2016) The Joint Commission’s Hospital Accreditation Program announced today that Parrish Medical Center, a public, not-for-profit facility in Titusville, Florida, is the first hospital in the United States to… [Continue Reading]
The Cocoa Beach Regional Chamber of Commerce, Melbourne Regional Chamber of Commerce, The Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce, and the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce have jointly identified the following priorities during the 2016 Florida Legislative Session. The Chambers Support or Oppose the following bills: Support SB 756: Department of Transportation – Increasing the… [Continue Reading]
GRANT-VALKARIA – Puneet “PK” Kapur, manager of the Holiday Inn Express in Palm Bay officially took over the chairmanship for the Greater Palm Bay Area Chamber of Commerce on Thursday at an installation and awards ceremony at Up the Creek Farms in Grant-Valkaria. Kapur assumes the role that had been held by Tarilyn Fazekas, Health… [Continue Reading]
Port Canaveral is preparing to buy the first building in the new Titusville Logistics Center. The price is now $17.4 million. When closing costs and buildout are complete, the total cost will be almost $20 million. The Canaveral Port Authority is set to vote on the purchase at a regular meeting at 9 a.m., Jan…. [Continue Reading]
The former Miracle City Mall in Titusville is being transformed into a retail and medical “lifestyle center.” The developer of the proposed Titus Landing retail and medical complex in Titusville says he’s confident construction will begin in early 2016. But some local residents say they’ll believe it when they see it, since they’ve seen previous… [Continue Reading]