New SLS booster fired Thursday, June 26, at 12:25 PM MDT and lasted about 140 seconds, burning over 1.4 million pounds of propellant. Credit: Northrop Grumman
On June 26, 2025, Northrop Grumman conducted the first full-scale static test of the Booster Obsolescence and Life Extension (BOLE) solid rocket booster, a next-generation component intended for NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) Block 2 configuration. The test, performed at the company’s Promontory, Utah, facility, aimed to validate the BOLE’s advanced design but was marred by an anomaly in the booster’s nozzle, raising questions about its development timeline and the SLS program’s future.
Southern Living just released a list of some of the best beaches in Florida. According to Southern Living, these beaches most closely represent the beautiful white sand and crystal clear waters that you might think of when you are talking popular Caribbean destinations – just a whole lot closer.
For anyone who’s ever tried to read an article online only to be ambushed by a sudden full-screen takeover, you know the drill: you click “Read More,” and instead you get “I DEMAND your attention NOW!”—a barrage of ads that feels less like gentle persuasion and more like a digital mugging. And yes, we’re self-aware enough to know that this website is guilty of this, but truth is, bills have to be paid.
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to launch the Axiom Mission 4 (Ax-4) crew to the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 2:31 a.m. EDT from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission, organized by Axiom Space in partnership with SpaceX and NASA, will carry four astronauts for a two-week stay aboard the orbiting laboratory. The booster core, B1094, with attempt a return to launch site landing (RTLS) at CCSFS LZ-1 and with produce a sonic boom. Mostly clear skies will allow for great views of the booster boost-back burn that often produces beautiful nebula like clouds and patterns.
A ULA Atlas V rocket carrying 27 Kuiper Atlas satellites. Image by Richard P Gallagher | FMN
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Amazon’s Project Kuiper advanced another notch with the launch of its second batch of satellites, known as Kuiper Atlas 2 (KA-02), on June 23, 2025. The mission took off at 6:54 a.m. EDT (1054 UTC) from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida using a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. The successful deployment marks another step in Amazon’s plan to create a global broadband internet network to compete with SpaceX’s Starlink.
In response to escalating missile strikes between Israel and Iran, the State of Florida has launched a major evacuation operation to bring stranded Americans home. Spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis in collaboration with state agencies and nonprofit partners, the effort has successfully evacuated over 1,500 people, primarily through charter flights and marine transport, with the first evacuees arriving in Tampa this past week.
Starship 36 explodes on a test stand in South Texas on Wednesday Photo: Youtube/Jerry Pike/Nasa Space Flight
Just a few months ago, Elon Musk suggested that SpaceX may be able to try an unmanned Mars mission utilizing the company’s massive Starship as early as next year. Following the loss of Starship 36 on a South Texas test stand last night, that ambitious goal is clearly off the table.
“A Higher Call” by John D. Shaw is a depiction of the events on December 20, 1943
On the morning of December 20, 1943, a young American pilot named Charlie Brown climbed into the cockpit of a B-17F Flying Fortress for what would be his first combat mission as aircraft commander. Like most other bomber pilots in World War II, Brown young: he was twenty-one, from Weston, West Virginia, and had only recently joined the 379th Bomb Group of the US Army Air Force , stationed at Kimbolton Airfield in England. The target for that day was the Focke-Wulf aircraft factory in Bremen, Germany—a city ringed with anti-aircraft batteries and defended by scores of seasoned Luftwaffe pilots.
On June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, obliterating Iran’s nuclear facilities, including the Natanz enrichment plant, and neutralizing key military and scientific figures. This bold strike, decried by some as provocative, was a righteous act of survival to prevent a second Jewish Holocaust—one delivered by a nuclear-armed Iran. Israel’s resolute defense against a genocidal threat demands unyielding support.
Iran’s regime, for decades, has vowed to erase Israel, calling it a “one-bomb country” while stockpiling enriched uranium far beyond the needs of any civilian program. Unlike low-enriched uranium (3-5% U-235) used in nuclear power plants to heat homes and power lights, Iran’s uranium was enriched to near-weapons-grade levels (60% and higher), suitable solely for weaponizing missiles. The U.N. nuclear watchdog’s June 2025 report confirmed Iran’s non-compliance with non-proliferation agreements, with enough highly enriched uranium for nine nuclear warheads. This isn’t about electricity—it’s about annihilation.
The Flag dominates skyline as No Kings protest rages below. Image by Richard P Gallagher | FMN
As an Army veteran with two combat deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, I’ve seen the cost of freedom up close—sweat, blood, and lives laid down for the red, white, and blue. On June 14, 2025, as we celebrate Flag Day, the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, and President Donald Trump’s birthday, I stand proud to have served a nation where dissent is our right. The “No Kings” protests sweeping the country, from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., are proof of that freedom. Locally, today in Cocoa City at the intersection of route 1 and route 520 from 11-to 1pm protestor gathered to express their viewpoints. But as I watch and photographed these marches, I’m appalled by their baseless claim that Trump, a president elected by the people, is some kind of monarch. Peaceful protest is sacred, but the “No Kings” narrative is a flimsy house of cards, and I’m here to knock it down. No matter how unpopular a president or how loud the protest, our freedoms endure, and our flag flies above it all.
The Artemis II core stage stands in front of the VAB earlier this year. Many fear budget cuts could put the Artemis Program in jeopardy. Photo: Charles Boyer/FMN
NASA has extended a second offer to its workforce in an effort to trim staff amid sweeping budget cuts ahead of the federal fiscal year 2026. The agency emailed employees Monday, unveiling a new deferred resignation program (DRP) and voluntary retirement incentives, extending benefits through January 2026—a full four months longer than its January program—which is open through July 25.
