Covering All Things Florida
Orlando – (Tue., Jan. 14, 2025) – The Orlando Solar Bears secure their sixth consecutive victory beating the Jacksonville Ice Icemen 2-0 Tuesday evening in the Orlando KIA Center!
SpaceX successfully launched the Starlink 12-12 mission from Cape Canaveral on Thursday afternoon. With that, SpaceX added 21 new satellites to its ever growing internet constellation, 13 with Direct to Cell capabilities.
The US Census Bureau released a new report Thursday indicating that Florida’s population has surged past 23.3 million, placing it among the fastest-growing states in the nation.
Orlando KIA Center – The Orlando Solar Bears lose another home game to the Florida Everblades, 4-1, after coming off the road with a three-game winning streak.
SpaceX sent another group of Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit early this evening from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral. Liftoff was at 5:10 PM EDT under stiff breezes and crystal blue skies.
SpaceX and Falcon 9 lofted another twenty Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral into low Earth orbit tonight. Liftoff was at 5:47 PM EDT.
SpaceX’s fifth flight test of a complete Starship was a resounding success. After watching that launch, it is hard not to be inspired by what is coming for SpaceX and humanity.
NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson has returned to Earth from the International Space Station. During her 184 days in space, she orbited Earth 2,944 times and traveled approximately 78 million miles.
SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket carrying Northrup Grumman’s Cygnus CRS-2 NG-21 (S.S. Francis R. “Dick” Scobee) to orbit this morning from Cape Canaveral. Liftoff was at 11:02 AM EDT under variable skies that showed a strong chance of storms coming in shortly afterwards.
SpaceX conducted a static-firing of the nine Merlin engines of a Falcon 9 booster first stage at SLC-40 last night as the company prepares to return to flight after a very rare in-flight failure on July 11.
Kennedy Space Center, FL – Today media gathered at KSC to greet the arrival of the NASA Pegasus barge ship carrying the iconic orange center core of the SLS Artemis ll rocket. It arrived about 10:30 this morning at the KSC Turning Basin where tugboats Termite and American position it at the dock so the rocket core can be unloaded and prepared for its truck journey to the nearby VAB son July 24th.
