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“Even the local newspapers had nothing to say about the launch and that sonic boom from the booster return. What happened to the media coverage of rocket launches? I left Florida wanting to see more launches, and learn all I could about space.”
Chris Leymarie
Do you have the “right stuff” to live on Mars for a year? If your answer is yes, then here is a chance to prove it. NASA has issued an open call for four candidates to live and work in the CHAPEA (Crew Health and Performance Exploration) Habitat next year .
In a recent Department of The Air Force announcement, the Air Force said environmental studies are underway for a potential new launch facility at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station or Kennedy Space Center.
The Department of the Air Force (DAF),in conjunction with the FAA, NASA, and the U.S. Coast Guard are currently undertaking environmental impact studies of several potential Cape Canaveral/KSC launch sites for SpaceX’s heavy-lift Starship rocket.
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This story first appeared in Talk Of Titusville . Reproduced with permission.
A rarity is becoming commonplace lately here on the Space Coast, as SpaceX successfully launched two Falcon 9 rockets within eight hours of each other from the Eastern Range, returning both safely to the ground at the company’s Cape Canaveral landing zones.
Cape Canaveral FL. – The US Space Force (USSF) launched six satellites from Pad 40 at the CCSFS late Wednesday which will bolster America’s space defense capabilities. Ironically, the 5:30 PM EST launch came within hours of breaking news regarding a potential national security threat involving Russia’s space program.
Late on Tuesday evening, SpaceX, announced the postponement of the planned launch of a robotic moon lander, marking a day’s delay in what in the highly anticipated mission. The launch, initially scheduled for early Wednesday, was scrubbed less than two hours before its set liftoff time due to technical concerns, with the launch now rescheduled for at least a day later.
Merritt Island, FL.– American Legion Post 344 in Merritt Island, Florida, will host an event aimed at reducing the rate of veteran & first responder suicide.
This Valentines Day, SpaceX is setting hearts aflutter with not one, but two rocket launches. The Falcon 9 rockets are scheduled to take off from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
Polaris Dawn, the initial flight of a planned series of three private spaceflights led by American entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman, has been delayed according to an announcement from the program today. “We are now targeting no earlier than summer 2024 for launch of Polaris Dawn, the first of the Polaris Program’s three human spaceflights,” they said in a post on the X platform.
Most Americans are able to recall that the United States successfully landed astronauts on the Moon during 1969 and into the early 1970s. What’s not as well known is the number of attempts by various nations to explore the Moon, whether by fly-by or actual landing…..and how many were unsuccessful.
