These ladies are found all over the world, but new research shows that these brave butterflies can migrate thousands of miles across the ocean. Painted Ladies, Vanessa cardfly at least 2,610 miles (4,200 kilometers) across the Atlantic Ocean, from West Africa to French Guiana in South America, according to a new study published in June … Read more
Florida’s Space Coast hosted a whopping 48 space rocket launches in the first six months of this year. The question: Will the home of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station break the 100-launch barrier by Dec. 31? By comparison, last year saw a record 72 launches into space, setting a new … Read more
Make your coffee or favorite caffeinated beverage – there’s a terribly late night rocket launch planned for this festive week. Just before July 4, SpaceX has scheduled a new Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral. The launch will take place at a time when most people are asleep. The bright side, however, is this: Night launches … Read more
Launch Summary: Scroll down for live coverage of the Thursday, June 27, launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral during the Starlink 10-3 mission. It’s another launch day on the Space Coast – with SpaceX planning a morning launch less than an hour after sunrise. Welcome to the FLORIDA TODAY Space Team’s … Read more
Amazon’s 10th Prime Day is just around the corner and the e-commerce company has enlisted rapper Megan Thee Stallion to kick off the sales event. The rapper kicks off with an original song, “It’s Prime Day,” streaming exclusively on Amazon Music. In the accompanying video, the rapper says she can “change my hobby, how I … Read more
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
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
Boeing and NASA are once again “adjusting” the return home of two astronauts from the International Space Station Starliner. Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore were scheduled to stay on the ISS for just a week after docking there on June 6. Now they are not expected to make the trip back to Earth until at … 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
A family in Naples, Florida, is filing a claim against NASA for damage to their home after a piece of space debris from the International Space Station tore through their roof earlier this year. NASA confirmed last week that a large piece of debris found along a path in North Carolina last May came from … Read more