Covering All Things Florida
SpaceX conducted its eighth test flight of their Starship rocket this afternoon. Designated IFT-8, the vehicle launched from the company’s Starbase facility near Boca Chica, Texas. Within minutes, the mission was over.
Intuitive Machine’s IM-2 mission is on the lunar surface, but the vehicle’s status is uncertain. Today’s landing marks the second soft touchdown of a US manufactured spacecraft in less than a week, and only the third commercial moon landing in history. Firefly’s Blue Ghost lander touched down just four days ago.
SpaceX’s ambitious Starship program encountered yet another hurdle this week as the eighth integrated flight test (IFT-8) was scrubbed just moments before liftoff on March 3, 2025.
Orlando, FL – Thousands of new residents and businesses have been moving to the Orlando area recently, and they haven’t necessarily been coming from the places you might expect. The latest data indicates that the Florida real estate market is headed in a new direction.
A high-school student in Miami has tested positive for measles amid a measles outbreak now affecting nine states. So far, 164 cases have been reported, with one death as a result.
Visitors to Wekiwa Springs State Park will soon need to plan ahead, as Florida State Parks is launching a reservation-based pilot program aimed at reducing long entrance lines and traffic congestion at the popular Orlando-area swimming hole.
Floridians, as well as residents all over the southeast, are still reeling from last year’s vicious storms that brought property damage and death as far north as North Carolina and west to Kentucky. So how is the 2025 Hurricane forecast shaping up?
SpaceX announced today that it is expanding its Starship operations in Florida and will be bringing Starship production and launch capabilities to the Space Coast.
“Really big things are coming to Florida!!!!” said SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell on the X platform today. She’s not kidding.
It’s been no secret that SpaceX has been in the process of building a Starship factory at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. That process could take a few years, but according to SpaceX, they won’t be waiting around to finish it before flying Starship here.
Boca Chica, Texas – March 3, 2025 – SpaceX’s highly anticipated eighth Integrated Flight Test (IFT-8) of its Starship rocket was scrubbed on Monday afternoon, just seconds before its scheduled liftoff from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas.
For a grueling 100 laps, Indy Car Drivers battled it out Sunday on a 1.8-mile, 14-turn circuit in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. The Firestone Grand Prix kicked off the 2025 NTT Indycar Series.
