Regional News

Dark Storm Industries to Move to Titusville

June 24, 2021 –  Dark Storm Industries LLC, a federally-licensed firearms manufacturer currently located in New York, will relocate to Titusville, FL and expand its advanced manufacturing facility. The project is expected to create 50 new jobs with an average annual salary of $50,000 and a capital investment of approximately $3.2 million. Products manufactured by… [Continue Reading]

Technician Boot Camps Now at EFSC

June 22, 2021 –  Technician Boot Camps, a new hands-on training curriculum, have launched. The new training courses were designed specifically for the requirements of the Space Coast manufacturing industry by the Economic Development Commission of Florida’s Space Coast (EDC) in partnership with FloridaMakes. This 32-week intensive training course will begin this fall at Eastern... [Continue Reading]

SpaceX Crew-3 First Mission for NASA’s Kayla Barron

May 22, 2021 - (NASA Press Release) NASA has assigned Kayla Barron to serve as a mission specialist for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is targeted to launch as early as Oct. 23. This will be the first spaceflight for Barron, who became a NASA astronaut in January 2020 after... [Continue Reading]

Fly-in/Drive-In Breakfasts are Back

We’re Rebooting in Titusville. The evidence is in! May is Restaurant Month, and the community is playing Restaurant Bingo for great fun and prizes, and it was just announced that one of our favorite events is back up and running.  Fly-in/Drive-In Breakfasts are Back! Starting on Saturday June 12, the Warbird Air Museum is Open… [Continue Reading]

Bob Cabana Tapped as NASA Associate Administrator

May 11, 2021 – Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana will become NASA’s next associate administrator. Newly appointed NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed the appointment. “When Bill asked me, I couldn’t say no. I’m really looking forward to working with him in this new position along with Pam Melroy,” Cabana told FLORIDA TODAY, referring to… [Continue Reading]

Boeing Delivers SLS Core Stage to KSC

April 29, 2021 – As part of NASA’s mission to return humans to the moon, the tallest flight component to ever launch from KSC has arrived in Florida. Boeing Space has delivered the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket cryogenic core stage to NASA  in preparation for launch of the Artemis I mission, the first moon mission… [Continue Reading]

Pre-dawn Skies Light Up With Crewed Launch

April 23, 2021 – The SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 4 astronauts on a NASA mission to the International Space Station, becoming the first crew ever propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. The U.S. returned to launching astronauts from American soil last May, nine years after the space shuttle program… [Continue Reading]

Gaedcke Is Big In Japan

April 21, 2021 – We all know that Marcia Gaedcke, President of the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce, is an international woman of mystery (the mystery being, how does she accomplish so much? Does she never sleep?), but she also is happy to jump in when the news crews from around the world drop by…. [Continue Reading]