Exciting times are ahead for NASA, with plenty of challenging happenings in 2021. In a little less than a month, NASA’s Perseverance Rover will be landing on Mars. The James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch on Halloween 2021. The Space Launch System, NASA’s most powerful rocket ever built, may launch this year, while… [Continue Reading]
December 15, 2020 – Our part of Florida is called the Space Coast and many of us have been lucky enough to watch as astronauts have achieved one milestone after another in pursuit of exploration. This next step is one of the most exciting yet. NASA introduces THE ARTEMIS TEAM, the men and women who… [Continue Reading]
SpaceX Crew-1 rescheduled to Sunday, Nov. 15 7:27 pm Eastern. Nov 14, 2020— Just last evening an Atlas V thundered into the skies carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite on a classified mission. This United Space Alliance (ULA) launch was a beautiful site in the night sky, with three strap-on boosters falling away as… [Continue Reading]
July 28, 2020 – When NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this week, a 4 lb (1.8 kilogram) super-duper, innovative miniature flying machine will be riding along. It’s name is Ingenuity—and it’s a marvel of engineering. Ingenuity is designed to be the first aircraft to attempt controlled flight on… [Continue Reading]
July 6 — Lockheed Martin has a significant presence in north Brevard and it’s growing. The 58,000 sq ft. building which once housed the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame will be renovated and will be used in the assembly of the Orion spacecraft, the capsule Lockheed is building for NASA’s upcoming moon missions. Located at… [Continue Reading]