Regional News

Plant A Tree, Make a Difference

Seagrape. Image Credit: Wilfredor, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day by planting a tree.  It’s a great feeling to make the community a better place to live. This is the City of Titusville Residential Tree Giveaway.  Trees are free but call first. It's part of the multi-year county-wide collaboration to plant... [Continue Reading]

Titusville Playhouse Launches New Plan

March 25, 2022 - Talk about a really big show.  Titusville Playhouse has just released some exciting information about their plans. Here's what's up: TITUSVILLE PLAYHOUSE LAUNCHES MASTER PLANNING FOR A DOWNTOWN PERFORMING ARTS HUB  And Titusville Playhouse wants its patrons, supporters, and community stakeholders in on the next Act. The award-winning operator of the... [Continue Reading]

We Launch and Launch and Launch From Here

February 1, 2022 - If you live in Titusville, you probably heard the SpaceX Falcon 9 roar into space last night, then a little later the thunderous sonic boom as the boosters headed back to Earth. That was the first of three launches that SpaceX is shooting for in a 24-hour period, two from the... [Continue Reading]

Captain to Bridge: Take Us to Space

December 14, 2021 — Today, Lt. Governor Jeanette Nuñez, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Space Florida, and NASA hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the new NASA Causeway Bridge, a $126 million project to build two high-level fixed bridges over the Indian River, providing a new gateway to Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space… [Continue Reading]

Here’s A Great Travel Idea—Space!

December 12, 2021 - Travel and Leisure provides us with a list of 50 great places to travel in 2022. And most of them are earthly stops.  But the surprising bonus suggestion on this prestigious list of places to travel is space. https://www.travelandleisure.com/trip-ideas/best-places-to-travel-in-2022 Jeff Bezos inspects Blue Origin booster pad. Image Credit: Blue Origin Although... [Continue Reading]

Titusville History Prominent on Holiday Tour

October 29, 2021 - The holidays are almost upon us again (how is that even possible?) and now's the time to not only look back at this year, but at days long gone by. The Museums of Brevard Second Annual Historic Homes Holiday Tour will be offering "Pastports" (see what they did there?) starting Nov.... [Continue Reading]

Lucy In The Sky

Lucy will fly on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket such as the one seen here on an earlier mission. (Image credit: NASA) October 13, 2021 - If you're up early on Saturday, Oct. 16, check the skies for the launch of Lucy, NASA's first mission to explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The... [Continue Reading]

Aquarium at Port Canaveral Moves Ahead

September 30, 2021 – The people behind the award-winning Brevard Zoo in Viera have a vision for a major aquarium at Port Canaveral, and recently port commissioners approved a development agreement to move forward on the project. The 14-acre site will be just off A1A on the Banana River side of the port, creating a... [Continue Reading]

Terran Orbital will Invest $300 Million Locally in Commercial Spacecraft Facility

Terran-Orbital - artist rendering September 28, 2021 - Terran Orbital’s has chosen Florida's Space Coast for construction of its Commercial Spacecraft and Constellation Facility. The $300 million project will be the largest satellite manufacturing facility in the world. The project is expected to create approximately 2,100 new jobs with an estimated annual average wage of... [Continue Reading]

Space for Everyone

Image Credit: SpaceX September 13, 2021 - It's fair to say that everyone, at one time or another, has dreamed of being an astronaut. And now, for a few regular joes and janes, that dream is coming true. Scheduled for a September 15 launch window, the SpaceX Crew Dragon will be manned by four private... [Continue Reading]