Covering All Things Florida
Among those killed in a V-22 Osprey crash last week off of Yakushima Island, Japan last week was Air Force Tech. Sgt. Zachary E. Lavoy, 33, from Oviedo, Florida, the Air Force announced today.
It’s no secret in the spaceflight community that a secret mission is scheduled to launch from Kennedy Space Center’s Pad 39A on Sunday.
SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on the company’s 125th Starlink mission Saturday night, and added another group of Starlink satellites into the growing constellation of over 5,500 small satellites that provide internet access globally for its customers.
Kennedy Space Center, FL – NASA’s ambitious plan to deliver over 40 payloads to the moon’s surface through its Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) initiative marks a significant milestone in lunar exploration.
SpaceX announced on Friday that Amazon has purchased three launches for their Project Kuiper internet satellite initiative.
SpaceX will attempt two rocket launches from two different locations today.
Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, is planning to ramp up production of its latest variant of the venerable RL10 rocket engine at the company’s West Palm Beach, Florida facility. The company also plans to add staff at its South Florida facility to enable the higher pace of manufacturing the engine.
NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode November 23rd due to an ongoing gyroscope issue. The agency is also saying that the venerable spacecraft is stable and that otherwise the instrument is “in good health.”
The US Space Force announced today that the launch of its secretive X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle is now set for December 10. At this time, no specific launch time on that date has been announced. Originally planned for December 7th, the launch was delayed due to “launch delays and pad availability.”
In a new development in the rapidly shifting aerospace industry, SpaceX has acquired Pioneer Aerospace, a key player in parachute manufacturing.
NASA has received a “clean” opinion from an external auditor on its fiscal year 2023 financial statements.
