NASA astronauts land for upcoming launch
Starliner astronauts landed on the Space Coast Thursday afternoon. The duo is two weeks away from leaving earth and launching on Boeing’s highly anticipated and highly delayed Starliner spacecraft.
NASA seeks ideas for Mars sample return mission
NASA is rethinking how to bring samples from Mars back to Earth after a review found that current budget constraints would delay the Mars sample return mission to 2040 and cost more than $11 billion.
Delta IV Heavy rocket launches for final time from Florida
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket successfully launched the NROL-70 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the final time on Tuesday afternoon. The rocket launched at 12:53 p.m. from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Central Florida.
Watch again: NASA, SpaceX Crew-8 rocket launch
NASA's and SpaceX's Crew-8 Mission with four astronauts aboard launched Sunday night from Kennedy Space Center in Florida en route to the International Space Station.
Crew-8 launch scheduled for tonight
The crew-8 launch is slated to happen Saturday night and officials said there's a 40% chance it'll happen.
Press conference: NASA, Intuitive Machines discuss lunar lander
The lunar lander, Odysseus, made it to the moon, as well as its experiments, and has begun sending images and data back to earth, officials with NASA and Intuitive Machines told reporters during a briefing on Wednesday. The lander landed slightly tilted on the moon's surface, however.
SpaceX, Axiom Space launch first crewed mission of 2024
Axiom Space and SpaceX successfully launched an all-European crew to the International Space Station. The instantaneous launch occurred at 4:49 p.m. on Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA unveils super quiet X-59 supersonic jet
NASA has unveiled the X-59 aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Martin to produce quiet supersonic air travel and eventually make supersonic flights available commercially.
Astrobotic moon lander experiences issues after launch
The Vulcan rocket successfully launched from Florida's Space Coast early Monday morning, but hours later, it was revealed that one of the payloads aboard that rocket -- Astrobotic's lunar lander -- was experiences propulsion issues. Here's the latest on that investigation.
Star Trek fans gearing up for ULA rocket launch
A ULA Vulcan rocket launch will carry the ashes of Star Trek stars into space
Ashes of loved ones launch to space
A local Central Florida's woman ashes are being launched to space on a ULA rocket early Monday morning. Her ashes are joining seven of the original StarTrek members' ashes also.
LIST: Here are the rocket launches happening from Florida through spring 2024
This year will be a great time to have your eyes on the skies! Florida's Space Coast has a busy 2023 ahead with rocket launches planned from NASA's Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
NASA plans for 2024 include supersonic X-plane
NASA is hoping to launch the supersonic X-plane in 2024. The X-59, designed and put together by Lockheed Martin, has a long, pointed nose and is built so that the sonic boom sound is reduced to a "gentle thump" or possibly no sound at all,
Space tourism: Vacations out of this world
Your future vacation could literally be out of this world. Commercial companies want space to be for everyone, and the Space Coast is on the cutting edge of the space tourism industry.
'Space plane' to launch on Falcon Heavy rocket
The upcoming X-37B Mission 7 "space plane" will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket for the first time this upcoming Sunday.
What JFK meant to the space program
On the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination, Ken Kremer, research scientist and founder/managing editor of Space UpClose, joins Good Day Orlando to discuss the former president's impact on the space program, space exploration and the Kennedy Space Center.
November night sky highlights: Jupiter on display, Leonid meteor shower peak
Here's a rundown of sky-gazing events to bookmark for November 2023, including the Leonid meteor shower.
October 2023 full 'Hunter's Moon' to light up sky this weekend
The end of October brings the full “Hunter's Moon," and for some observers, it will be eclipsed by Earth.
Florida to get a glimpse of one of the 'most beautiful' meteor showers on Saturday, NASA says
One of the “most beautiful” meteor showers of the year will be visible from Florida this weekend.
Falling satellites could kill people: FAA
In a new report, the FAA says by 2035, one person could be killed every two years by satellites falling from space. Launches are happening more often on the Space Coast, and experts say, increased tracking is crucial before someone gets hurt.