A blockhouse where technicians launched Bumper 8 on July 24, 1950, America’s first rocket from Florida’s Cape, was discovered by UCF students.
Author: Rick Neale, Florida Today
It’s how cold in Florida? Annual Surfing Santas event could see wind chills in 20s on Christmas Eve
Citing the freezing Florida forecast, the founder of the annual Surfing Santas event predicted “we’ll be lucky to get 300 surfers.”
NASA and Tide are working on a long-standing space problem: cleaning astronauts’ laundry
Proctor & Gamble has developed Tide Infinity, a detergent designed for use in space “to solve malodor, cleanliness and stain removal problems.”
Florida parade boats with messages criticizing Biden and profanities draws complaints
A handful of boats during the Cocoa Beach Boat Parade carried messages with profanities and criticizing President Biden.
Profane political displays in Cocoa Beach Boat Parade draw complaints, future changes
The Cocoa Beach Rotary Club, which organizes the boat parade, has publicly pledged to try to prevent similar situations from happening in the future.
A 30-year-old Florida woman gave birth, took 2 photos with her baby and died days later of COVID-19
Kristen McMullen’s death comes amid a record-breaking surge of cases across Florida, where some ERs are “inundated” with COVID-19 patients.
‘Orlando’ word war: Melbourne airport may rearrange its name to settle lawsuit with rival
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority sued its Melbourne counterpart, claiming trademark infringement and false advertising for using “Orlando” in its name.
‘Truly incredible’: Missing Florida boater found alive clinging to capsized vessel 86 miles offshore
A 62-year-old boater who was stranded alone at sea Sunday morning roughly 86 miles east of Port Canaveral, Florida, was found alive.
Officials expect up to 250,000 day-trippers for Saturday’s SpaceX launch in Florida
Thousands of spectators are expected as four astronauts are set for liftoff on Saturday aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center.
Florida’s Cocoa Beach, Satellite Beach require masks for indoor public locations to slow virus
“People need to take responsibility for not infecting other people and they may not even know they have it,” Cocoa Beach Vice-Mayor Mike Miller said.