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5 Space Missions to Watch in March: Mars Gravity Assists and Astronaut Homecomings

NASA · Merritt Island

5 Space Missions to Watch in March: Mars Gravity Assists and Astronaut Homecomings

Coverage: 2 sources

The space industry is bracing for another packed month after a busy February. On Feb. 26, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launched multiple missions from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center, including a lunar lander made by Houston-based Intuitive Machines, a NASA lunar orbiter and a robotic probe made by AstroForge, an asteroid mining startup. On Feb. 25, Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin launched its 10th space tourism mission, sending six passengers to suborbital space.…See the Story

Woman dies in Merritt Island blaze

Merritt Island · Merritt Island

Woman dies in Merritt Island blaze

MERRITT ISLAND — An 85-year-old woman died in a mobile home fire on the 200 block of South Banana River Drive.See the Story

30 Years Ago: STS-67, the Astro-2 Mission

NASA · Western Australia

30 Years Ago: STS-67, the Astro-2 Mission

On March 2, 1995, space shuttle Endeavour launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on its eighth trip into space, on the STS-67 Astro-2 mission. The crew included Commander Stephen Oswald, Pilot William Gregory, Mission Specialists John Grunsfeld, Wendy Lawrence, and Tamara Jernigan – who served as payload commander on the mission – and Payload Specialists Samuel Durrance and Ronald Parise. During their then record setting 17-day mis…See the Story

Merritt Island · Merritt Island

Citizens Feedback Wanted on Potential North Merritt Island Pioneer Trail Connection - The Space Coast Rocket

VIERA, FLA – The Space Coast Transportation Planning Organization(SCTPO) is hosting two public engagement events to gather input on the North Merritt Island Pioneer Trail Feasibility Study, which is currently evaluating potential trail alignments on North Merritt Island to define a feasible route for a safe trail connection from S.R. 528 to Pine Island Conservation Area.The study, conducted in conjunction with Brevard County Parks & Recreation a…See the Story

Reid Wiseman · Merritt Island

NASA Artemis II Moon Mission Spacecraft: Solar Wing Install

NASA Artemis II Moon Mission Spacecraft: Solar Wing Install | NASA KennedyNASA astronauts Victor Glover, Artemis II Pilot, and Reid Wiseman, Artemis II Commander, pose for a portrait with technicians inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.Technicians have begun working on the installation of the four solar array wings for NASA’s Artemis II Orion spacecraft inside the Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s …See the Story

NASA · Merritt Island

Get an exclusive peek inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building

NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center is the largest single-story building in the world. Here’s a peek inside NASA’s VAB showing the solid rocket boosters that will lift the Artemis 2 mission into space. The Artemis missions seek to return astronauts to the moon. Image via Greg Diesel Walck. An exclusive peek inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is the largest single-story buildi…See the Story

NASA · Merritt Island

NASA will test cell phone service on the moon in latest mission

Coverage: 2 sources

Cell service could be coming to the moon. New technology to test the possibility is on deck for liftoff this week at Kennedy Space Center.See the Story

SpaceX · Merritt Island

A new lunar lander is set to launch to the moon's south pole this week

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This will be the second lunar mission for a private company that made history a year ago by becoming the first to successfully land on the moon’s surface.See the Story

NASA · Merritt Island

NASA Invites Media to Observe FireSense Prescribed Burn at Kennedy - The Canadian Media

NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida invites media to attend a prescribed fire campaign event hosted by the NASA FireSense Project, the Department of Defense (DOD), and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Campaign activities will occur from Monday, April 7, to Monday, April 21. The FireSense campaign activities will test cutting-edge models and demonstrateSee the Story

Merritt Island · Merritt Island

Space Forum February 27: Launching Humanity’s Future

The National Space Society invites you to the next Space Forum Thursday, February 27, 2024, 9:00 pm to 10:15 pm EST Launching Humanity’s Future Register for this Space Forum With special guest Shaunna Lovell Acting Chief of Staff Kennedy Space Center, NASA For more than 60 years, NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has been the launch site for some of the most iconic space missions in history, fueling discovery, innovation, and inspiration for gen…See the Story

NASA · Merritt Island

Maybe NASA SLS should be cancelled - but not by Elon Musk

Critics have asked NASA to cancel its extremely expensive space launch rocket for ages, but now that it seems to be facing the axe of the Elon Musk government's efficiency working group, it may be time to think again about the space launch system at the Kennedy Space Center in [...]See the Story

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