Day: September 16, 2023

No. 3 Florida State Seminoles Hold Off Boston College 31-29, Improve to 3-0 on the Season

In a game of scoring runs by both teams, Florida State, which led 31-10 early in the third quarter, staved off a second half Boston College rally to defeat the Eagles 31-29 in Chestnut Hill on Saturday. […]

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WATCH: Need a Hug? Free Hugs Today from You Matter on Merritt Island at Islander Alliance Church

WATCH: Need a hug today? Free Hugs today from the folks from You Matter on Merritt Island at Islander Alliance Church. The organization brings awareness to suicide prevention. The National Suicide Prevention Hotline is 800-273-8255. Kelly Haskins of Launch started the organization after her son, who graduated from Merritt Island High School sadly committed suicide.  […]

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Draper Laboratory Breaks Ground On 36,000-Square-Foot Facility at NAP’S Vector Space Industrial Park in Titusville

Draper Laboratory celebrated a groundbreaking event for their Strategic Enhanced Ground Test Facility in Titusville, Florida. Draper selected the Space Coast to build a facility that will serve as a critical infrastructure piece to support national security missions. The 36,000-square-foot facility will enable testing, simulation and validation of current and future guidance, navigation, and control systems, utilizing world-class capabilities, including a one-of-a-kind centrifuge, that will be one of the largest in the world. […]

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Lee Hathaway’s Lifelong Dedication to Hockey Earned Him Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Induction

You can find Lee Hathaway at the Space Coast IcePlex, where every week he plays pick-up games of hockey with players as young as 16. This may not seem like a big deal, but consider that Hathaway will soon be 76 and he wears an artificial hip, and an old one at that. […]

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NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara, Two Cosmonauts Reach Space Station for Science Expedition

The Soyuz rocket is launched with Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara, and Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft carrying O’Hara, as well as Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Roscosmos, docked to the station’s Rassvet module at 2:53 p.m. EDT. Docking occurred about three hours after the crew’s 11:44 a.m. launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. […]

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City of Melbourne Providing Dumpsters at Eddie Lee Taylor Community Center to Assist Neighborhood Cleanup

From September 19 through September 28, the City of Melbourne will be temporarily placing three dumpsters at the Eddie Lee Taylor, Sr. Community Center parking lot that the City of Melbourne residents may use to dispose of large items that are not picked up as part of their regular waste collection service. […]

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NASA Shares Details Regarding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Independent Study

In response to a recommendation by an independent study team for NASA to play a more prominent role in understanding Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, the agency announced Thursday it is appointing a director of UAP research. […]

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321 Lime House to Host Sunshine State Sunset 5K at Carib Brewery in Cape Canaveral Sept. 30

The Sunshine State Sunset 5K will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday September 30, 2023; starting and ending at Carib Brewery USA, at 200 Imperial Blvd, Cape Canaveral, FL 32920. […]

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OBITUARY: Clay E. Bergquist, 67, of Merritt Island Passed Away, Recently Retired from Lockheed Martin

Clay E. Bergquist, 67, passed away on Sept. 7, 2023, in Cape Canaveral, Florida. He was born on July 1, 1956, in Downey, Idaho, to Glenda Daphyne and Easton Smith much to the dismay of his older sister. Clay settled in Merritt Island, Florida, and was employed by Lockheed Martin at Kennedy Space Center. He was proud of this job and enjoyed the challenges and interesting projects that he was able to be a part of. He recently retired. […]

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GORILLA ROOFING WEATHER REPORT: Forecast for Brevard Calls for Rain Likely, High Near 88 On Saturday

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