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Scott PowersJuly 6, 2016

The Space Florida board of directors approved three emergency measures Wednesday to keep two huge space port developments in the works, including a deal to use state money to help build a road and another to provide short-term financing. At a special meeting called to handle the three requests, the board approved the road improvements, […]

Scott PowersJune 24, 2016

An Atlas V rocket blasted off into a beautiful Florida summer sky Friday morning, lifting a Navy communications satellite into orbit. The United Launch Alliance rocket lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at the first chance in its launch window, at 10:30 a.m. The Atlas V successfully delivered the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Mobile […]

Scott PowersJune 21, 2016

The oft-delayed launch of United Launch Alliance’s next Atlas V rocket has been reset for Friday, signaling that the company has resolved its concerns about an engine-firing glitch in the last launch. The rocket will carry the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS-5) satellite into orbit. It’s now set for blastoff between 10:30 and […]

Scott PowersJune 1, 2016

A planned Saturday launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral has been postponed. The delay comes at the request of the payload’s owner, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office. United Launch Alliance had scheduled the launch of the Delta IV Heavy, the nation’s most powerful rocket, to carry an NRO communications satellite into […]

Scott PowersMay 25, 2016

Cape Canaveral’s launch manifest is filling fast for this summer with announcements of two more launches, including of one using America’s most powerful rocket, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy. ULA announced it will launch a Delta IV Heavy rocket, the world’s most powerful space vehicle now in use, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on […]

Scott PowersMay 23, 2016

SpaceX has established a firm rocket launch time and date for its next Falcon 9 on Thursday afternoon. The rocket is set to blast off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:40 p.m. Thursday to carry a private, Asian telecommunications satellite into orbit. The payload will be a Thai satellite, the Thaicom 8, which will […]

Scott PowersMay 20, 2016

The next big NASA unmanned science mission, to send a spacecraft to an asteroid, collect samples, and bring them back to Earth, will have a Sept. 8 launch date, NASA announced Friday. OSIRIS-REx will be sent on a multiyear mission that will begin with an evening launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Base atop a […]

Scott PowersMay 4, 2016

UPDATE (11:30 a.m.): According to a press release, due to inclement weather, the JCSAT-14 launch is now scheduled for no earlier than 1:21 a.m. EDT on Friday, May 6. There is two-hour launch window. Original story: A SpaceX Falcon 9 is prepared to launch in the wee hours of Thursday morning to carry a private […]

Scott PowersApril 29, 2016

Still dealing with concerns from an early engine cutoff that did not affect the success of a March 22 rocket launch, United Launch Alliance is now looking at launching its next Atlas V rocket no earlier than early summer, the company announced today. But a critically timed NASA asteroid mission should still blast off as planned […]

Scott PowersApril 7, 2016

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launch planned for Friday afternoon is aimed at the International Space Station, but much of the science and technology inside its Dragon capsule is aimed at taking humans far deeper into space one day The launch is scheduled for 4:43 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The mission is to […]

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Space Florida approves road money, short-term loan in space deals

ULA Atlas V rocket lifts Navy satellite into orbit

ULA resets Atlas V rocket launch for Friday

Delta IV Heavy rocket launch postponed

Launches of Delta IV Heavy, Falcon 9 rockets announced

SpaceX set to launch Falcon 9 rocket Thursday

NASA announces Sept. 8 date for asteroid mission OSIRIS-REx

SpaceX Falcon 9 looking for weather window Friday morning for launch

United Launch Alliance pushing launches to ‘early summer’ at earliest

SpaceX launch to provide space station with long-term spaceflight survival research