Blue Origin’s New Glenn Reaches Orbit
(Blue Origin Press Release) January 16, 2025 – New Glenn safely reached its intended orbit during today’s NG-1 mission, accomplishing the company’s primary objective. New Glenn’s seven BE-4 engines ignited on January 16, 2025, at 2:03 a.m. EST (0703 UTC) from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The second stage made its… [Continue Reading]
Save Our Indian River Lagoon 100th Project Celebration: Clams Across the Lagoon
Brevard County’s Save Our Indian River Lagoon (SOIRL) Program is excited to announce the completion of its 100th pollution reduction project and will be hosting a public event to celebrate this milestone. Ten years ago, multiple causeways hosted residents from the Indian River Lagoon’s five counties as they joined hands to inform others about how… [Continue Reading]
DYK? Titusville is a designated TREE CITY USA
Help Us Celebrate on Arbor Day. Titusville has been designated as a Tree City USA (not easy, read the requirements below) for 24 consecutive years by the Florida Forest Service and the official Tree City USA organization, the Arbor Day Foundation. To qualify as a Tree City USA community, you must meet standards established by… [Continue Reading]
Brevard Public Schools Named A Purple Star District
(Brevard Public Schools Press Release) Brevard County, FL – Brevard Public Schools (BPS) is proud to announce its designation as a Purple Star District by the Florida Department of Education, a distinction that underscores our commitment to supporting military-connected families. This is the first-year school districts have been eligible to achieve this distinction, and Brevard is… [Continue Reading]
Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket May Launch This Week
January 5, 2025 – Speculation is high concerning the imminent launching one of the largest space vehicles from Florida’s Space Coast since the days of the Apollo Mission when the massive Saturn V flew astronauts to the moon. Although a date has not yet been announced, it seems the New Glenn rocket from Blue Origin… [Continue Reading]
Brevard County Picks Fox Lake for January’s Top Spot
January 3, 2025 – Titusville is lucky to have many beautiful parks for our citizens to enjoy nature and space, and one of these parks, Fox Lake, has been singled out by the Brevard County Parks & Recreation Department as the county’s “Park of the Month” for January. It’s easy to see why. This great… [Continue Reading]
2024 Launches Easily Break the Previous Record by 29%
December 31, 2024 – A record-breaking year was wrapped up just past midnight on Dec. 31 when the 93rd and last launch of the year lit up the night sky above Kennedy Space Center. The Falcon 9 launch also marked a perfect score for SpaceX which had zero failures of Falcon 9s in the last… [Continue Reading]
New Glenn Ready to Go
December 29, 2024 – With the successful hotfire test of Blue Origin’s New Glenn Rocket, the final major milestone to the company’s first flight of the vehicle is now on the horizon. Although no date has yet been set for launch, NG-1 is set to carry a Blue Ring Pathfinder as its first manifested payload… [Continue Reading]
Sand Point is Park of the Month
Sand Point Park is the Brevard County Parks & Recreation #ParkOfTheMonth for December A blacktop walkway with 0.66-mile stationed exercise trail meanders through open and shaded areas, and the shoreline invites fishing. Facilities include an athletic concession building, exercise trail with an 8′ wide asphalt pedway and equipment, picnic tables, picnic shelters, small pavilions, grills,… [Continue Reading]
Astronaut High Cheerleaders in Macy’s Parade
November 27, 2024 – Who hasn’t help prep a turkey in the kitchen while the big Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade played on the TV in the background? Balloons, bands, floats and this year, cheerleaders from around the country will take part. And twelve of the about 600 cheerleaders happen to be from Astronaut High right here… [Continue Reading]