SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from Florida scrubbed as weather moves in
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket was set to kick off a double-launch day from Florida on Monday, but the weather had other plans.
The launch countdown reached T-23 seconds before a voice on the SpaceX webcast called “Hold! Hold! Hold!” With SpaceX unable to pause fueling, the April 27 launch attempt had to abort.
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Amentum hiring about 100 workers in Florida for NASA Artemis missions
Amentum is hiring about 100 workers to bolster staffing for NASA’s Artemis III, IV and V missions at Kennedy Space Center, and a hiring event for job seekers is scheduled in Orlando.
All job positions support Amentum’s $3.2 billion COMET contract, which covers Artemis operations through 2033. COMET is an acronym for Consolidated Operations, Management, Engineering and Test.
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from Kennedy Space Center: Recap of Wednesday liftoff
Launch recap of the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch from Florida on the ViaSat-3F 3 mission. Lift off occurred at 10:13 a.m. from Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.
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SpaceX Falcon Heavy launches, sonic booms heard in Florida
A double sonic boom sounded throughout Brevard County as a SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched a payload to space and landed two boosters back on Earth. This was the rocket’s first appearance on the Space Coast in more than a year.
The rarely seen triple-Falcon 9 launched the ViaSat-3 F3 communications satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit at 10:13 a.m. Wednesday, April 29 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A.
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Should Pluto be considered a planet? Why NASA chief says yes
NASA chief Jared Isaacman has doubled down on his stance that Pluto is without a doubt a planet.
For two decades, controversy has surrounded the distant icy world after it was infamously stripped of its planethood and reclassified as a dwarf planet instead. Since that 2006 decision, Pluto’s legion of supporters have insisted that the demotion was unjustified and have demanded that the astronomical organization responsible for the ruling reconsider.
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SpaceX launch recap: Live updates from Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral
Launch recap: Scroll down to review live updates from the Friday, May 1, liftoff of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral on the Starlink 10-38 mission.
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NASA tests high-powered thruster that could send humans to Mars
It may not be the 1.21 gigawatts Dr. Emmett Brown needed in the 80s classic “Back to the Future,” but it’s still a giant leap forward in space thruster power capabilities.
NASA is testing a new electromagnetic thruster that could help propel the first crewed mission to Mars and while the new tech is showing promising increases in power, there’s still a long way to go to reach the long duration power that the space agency would need.
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Cape Canaveral snaps record by launching 5 different rockets in one month
Five different types of orbital rockets launched from Florida’s Space Coast during the same month — toppling Cape Canaveral’s six-decade-old record dating to the days of NASA’s Gemini and Apollo programs.
During April, the Cape hosted launches by NASA, United Launch Alliance and Blue Origin, in addition to its usual heavy dose of SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. Then SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy liftoff on April 29 — the first since October 2024 — pushed the monthly total to a record-breaking five rocket varieties.
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Is there a launch today? SpaceX, NASA, ULA rocket launch schedule in Florida
Florida’s Space Coast hosted a record-shattering 109 orbital rocket launches during 2025, soaring beyond all previous annual records.
Will this year’s final total surpass that lofty sum from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and NASA’s Kennedy Space Center? By April’s end, 31 rockets had taken flight from the Sunshine State.
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3 years since 1st Starship launch, SpaceX’s next chapter includes Florida
Three years ago, a rocket that has become the centerpiece of billionaire Elon Musk’s vision of SpaceX sending humans to the moon and Mars got off the ground on its maiden voyage.
And then, minutes later, it blew up.
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NASA’s Kennedy Space Center director retires on heels of Artemis II success
The director of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center is retiring on the heels of Artemis II, the first crewed spaceflight to venture beyond low-Earth orbit in more than 50 years.
NASA announced Janet Petro’s retirement as KSC’s 11th director effective Friday, May 1. Kelvin Manning, who previously served as deputy center director, is now serving as acting center director.
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NASA finds balance between Brevard launch cadence and prescribed burns
Space Coast residents are use to seeing smoke from Kennedy Space Center, but it’s usually from the launches taking place from the spaceport and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
However, with Kennedy Space Center nestled in the heart of a massive federal reserve, where there’s smoke doesn’t always mean there’s a launch as prescribe burns have become part of the culture.
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All Points inks NASA lease to build 200-foot-tall spacecraft complex at KSC
After years of behind-the-scenes planning, All Points Logistics has secured a 64-acre lease from NASA to construct more than a half-million square feet of spacecraft pre-launch processing facilities at Kennedy Space Center.
The Merritt Island aerospace-logistics company hopes to break ground for construction in fall, President and CEO Phil Monkress said. If all goes smoothly, a logistics facility may open in late 2027, followed by a 200-foot-tall processing facility in early 2028.
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‘Wow. I’m part of history’: Look inside NASA barge carrying Artemis core
When NASA’s Pegasus barge and its crew took off on a multi-week voyage from Louisiana to Kennedy Space Center recently, they were delivering an important and historic cargo.
“Not everybody gets the opportunity to do this type of stuff,” said Arlan Cochren from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center logistics. ”When they get this job they’re like ‘Wow. I’m part of history.'”
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Rick Neale is a Space Reporter at FLORIDA TODAY, where he has covered news since 2004. Contact Neale at Rneale@floridatoday.com. Twitter/X: @RickNeale1
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