When a Florida family filed a claim against NASA earlier this year over “space debris” that fell through their roof, it launched a potentially precedent-setting question: Who is liable if debris from space causes damage or injury? No one was injured when a cylindrical object that was part of a pallet of spent batteries from … Read more
If you’ve ever built a sand castle on the beach, you’ve seen how seawater in the sand can quickly undermine the castle. A new study from the British Antarctic Survey concludes that warmer seawater may act in a similar way on the underside of ground-based ice sheets, causing them to melt faster than previously thought. … Read more
SpaceX Falcon Heavy, consisting of three first Falcon 9 rocket stages, may be seen in Palm Beach County, weather permitting and cloud cover. From Melbourne Beach to West Palm Beach it is approximately 190 kilometers. Attending a rocket launch in Palm Beach County is a special event. When the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches from … Read more
Is humanity willing to shoot down an asteroid with a 72% chance of hitting Earth within 14 years? Scientists and experts say there is work to be done. When NASA presented the hypothetical scenario, devised by the Planetary Defense Coordination Office, to a group of nearly 100 government representatives, they found that their plan to … Read more
Falcon Heavy, consisting of three first Falcon 9 rocket stages, can be seen off the Space Coast, weather permitting. Playalinda Beach (Canaveral National Seashore) is the closest place to view the launch, as it runs almost parallel to Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Godspeed, Falcon Heavy! The giant SpaceX rocket – more … Read more
Falcon Heavy, consisting of three Falcon 9 rockets, can be seen from the Treasure Coast, weather permitting and cloud cover. Godspeed, Falcon Heavy! The giant SpaceX rocket – more powerful than the space agency’s Falcon 9 – may lift off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this week. Can you see a rocket launch from the … Read more
A new species of dinosaur, with unusually graceful horns on its head and behind its neck, lived with at least four other species of rhino- or elephant-like dinosaurs 78 million years ago in what is now northern Montana, researcher Joseph Sertich said. Sertich, an affiliate faculty member at Colorado State University, and Professor Mark Loewen … Read more
It’s time to bring out the big engines. Those on the Space Coast will soon be in for a treat. Not one, but three Falcon 9 first-stage rockets, which make up the Falcon Heavy, will tentatively blast into the Florida sky this week to launch a weather satellite into orbit. It’s been a while since … Read more
Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY’s Space Team’s live coverage of tonight’s SpaceX mission from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. After another scrub on Wednesday afternoon, SpaceX will once again attempt to launch the Astra 1P/SES-24 satellite from Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40. This brings the Space Coast to 13 days without a launch. Can SpaceX … Read more
Welcome to FLORIDA TODAY’s Space Team’s live coverage of tonight’s SpaceX mission from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40. SpaceX wants to break the Space Coast’s rare launch drought tonight. An SES/Astra communications satellite will be launched into orbit atop a Falcon 9 rocket, taking off from Space Launch Complex 40. The launch is scheduled for … Read more