SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is targeting the launch of 29 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. […]
On August 10, 1961, NASA awarded the first Apollo development contract to the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory to design the spacecraft guidance computer. […]
Twenty-five years ago today, on August 8, 2001, NASA’s Genesis spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral, beginning a groundbreaking mission to collect particles from the solar wind and return them to Earth for scientific study. […]
A first-of-its-kind measurement of a magnetar may have captured empty space behaving in a way physicists have predicted for 90 years, but never directly observed. The results published Wednesday in Nature. […]
Fourteen years ago, NASA’s Curiosity rover made its daring descent to the surface of Mars, beginning a groundbreaking mission that would reshape our understanding of the Red Planet. […]
NASA is advancing toward Artemis III’s crewed demonstration mission with accelerated, measurable progress across all fronts, outpacing Artemis II integration timelines as teams ready the Orion spacecraft and SLS (Space Launch System) rocket for next year’s mission in low Earth orbit. […]
SpaceX is targeting Wednesday, August 5, for the launch of AST SpaceMobile’s BlueBird 11-13 mission to orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. […]
Northrop Grumman showcased its growing role in Florida’s aerospace and defense industry during an employee celebration at the company’s Melbourne campus, where thousands of workers support some of the nation’s most critical defense programs. […]
Blue Origin and NASA signed an agreement to use the historic Thad Cochran Test Stand “B-Test Complex” at NASA Stennis Space Center in Mississippi for New Glenn second-stage hotfire testing. […]
Skywatchers will have plenty to look forward to during August 2026, with the month featuring two eclipses, one of the year’s most popular meteor showers and an impressive appearance by Venus. […]
The Greater Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce will host the 8th Space Coast Symposium & Expo, on Friday, August 21, 2026, from 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., at the Radison Resort at the Port, 8701 Astronaut Boulevard, Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman will be the top keynote speaker this year, along with Florida’s Secretary of Commerce, Alex Kelly. […]
As Apollo 15 returned to Earth 55 years ago today, the spacecraft carried a first-of-its-kind lunar sample that would transform scientists’ understanding of the Moon’s geologic history. […]
