Day: September 28, 2023

Parker Solar Probe Sets Distance, Speed Marks on 17th Swing by the Sun

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 17th close approach to the Sun on Sept. 27, 2023, breaking its own distance record by skimming just 4.51 million miles (7.26 million kilometers) from the solar surface. […]

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PODCAST: College Gridiron Report with Steve Wilson and Zach Clark Recap College Football in Florida, Preview Week 5

Space Coast Daily’s Zach Clark and I are hosting a weekly college football show that will appear on Space Coast Daily every Thursday. Our chosen name for the program is “College Gridiron Report!” We will be talking primarily about the Florida schools, looking back at the previous weekend, and looking ahead to the upcoming weekend matchups. We will also discuss games of interest from around the country. […]

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REPORT: Tim Wakefield Diagnosed With ‘Very Serious, Very Aggressive Form of Brain Cancer’

Legendary knuckleballer Tim Wakefield stood before a sold-out crowd of friends, fans and admirers at the inaugural Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction in 2012 and searched for words to describe his feelings at the moment. […]

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SpaceX Rocket Launch Carrying Starlink Satellites Set for Thursday at 7:28 p.m. ET from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting Thursday, September 28 at 7:28 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of 22 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. […]

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WATCH: Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas Celebrates Float Out in France, Will Homeport at Port Canaveral Starting in July 2024

WATCH: Royal Caribbean International’s new Utopia of the Seas is one step closer to delivering the world’s biggest weekend in July 2024. The latest game-changing Oasis Class ship floated for the first time, a major construction milestone that marks the next phase of construction at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France. […]

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Sidus Space Announces Appointment of Leonardo Riera to Board Chair, Promotion of Jared Novick to Chief Operating Officer

Sidus Space, a multi-faceted Space and Data-as-a-Service company, announced the appointment of Leonardo Riera to the position of Chair of the Board of Directors and the promotion of Jared Novick to the role of Chief Operating Officer. […]

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Florida Highway Patrol Troopers Seize 300 Bags of Fentanyl, and Cocaine, Heroin During Traffic Stop

Last week, Florida Highway Patrol troopers from the Criminal Interdiction Unit. in collaboration with the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation, arrested four individuals in Orange County, Florida, following an investigation that resulted in the seizure of Heroin (10.28 grams), Cocaine (6.4 grams) and 34.29 grams of Fentanyl-equivalent to 17,145 fatal doses. […]

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Eastern Florida State Men’s Soccer Win Fourth Straight After Defeating Lakeland United 7-2

The Eastern Florida State College men’s soccer team won its fourth straight game on a wet night at Orlando Health Stadium on the Melbourne campus. The eighth-ranked Titans defeated Lakeland United 7-2 Tuesday to improve to 8-1 on the season. […]

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FWC Division of Law Enforcement Weekly Highlights For Cases In Brevard County

The following report highlights some cases the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission handled in Brevard County over the past week but does not include all actions taken by the Division of Law Enforcement. […]

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OBITUARY: Ramon Carlos McIntosh of Melbourne Passed Away Peacefully at Age 70

Ramon Carlos McIntosh, of Melbourne, Florida passed away peacefully at the age of 70 on September 20, 2023. After 20 years of service in the military Ramon worked with Johnson Controls and IAP Worldwide Services in Cape Canaveral, Florida until his retirement. […]

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