BREVARD HISTORY: SS Queen Elizabeth II Made Her Inaugural Visit to Port Canaveral 40 Years Ago
The SS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) made her inaugural visit to the Port on December 8, 1980, docking at what is now the North Cargo Berth 2. […]
The SS Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) made her inaugural visit to the Port on December 8, 1980, docking at what is now the North Cargo Berth 2. […]
Demolished in 1996, the Brevard Hotel was an iconic resort that hosted dignitaries including Vice President Hubert Humphrey. Located on a four-acre estate overlooking the beautiful Indian River Lagoon, Brevard Hotel’s 18,000 square-foot estate offered 53 rooms for “rest and relaxation.” […]
The anticipation had been building, and on April 9 in 1959, NASA publicly introduced the Mercury Astronaut Team.
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After completion of the final Titan launch in 2005, Air Force locomotive No. 2021 (USAF SW8) was retired at the Air Force Space and Missile Museum, located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. […]
Canaveral Harbor and Jetties back on May 21, 1968. Jetty Park is one of the most popular recreation spots in Brevard County. […]
After a thorough assessment of the impact the devastating COVID-19 pandemic has had on 6,500 community-based Little League® programs in 84 countries, Little League International has made the difficult and disappointing decision to cancel its seven World Series tournaments and their respective regional qualifying events. […]
A Florida man with extensive full-body tattoos who allegedly drugged, abducted and sexually battered a woman in a run-down camper earlier this year has been arrested, the local sheriff announced Thursday. […]
Each day on the Space Coast, thousands of daily commuters make the trek between Cocoa and Merritt Island on State Road 520 via the Hubert Humphrey Bridge. […]
– Three Apollo I astronauts Rogers Chaffee, Edward White and Gus Grissom die due to a flash fire at a grounded space capsule in Cape Canaveral, […]
Brevard County Fire Rescue units responded to a tractor-trailer vs. car crash on Interstate 95 on Monday. The crash happened at Mile Marker 174 in the southbound lanes in Palm Bay after the tractor-trailer rear-ended a passenger vehicle. […]
Brevard County Fire Rescue Throwback Thursday featured the above undated, but “old,” image of a District 4 Fire Control Squad Unit at the Ruth Street Fire Station in Cocoa. […]
Like so many other small towns, Titusville’s citizens since the city’s founding in 1867 has banded together to protect their homes and businesses from fires. […]