Day: January 7, 2024

Brevard County Man Arrested for Arson After Setting Vehicle on Fire in West Melbourne

Yep, things got heated up early this morning in West Melbourne when this guy, Peter Simpson, was observed by BCSO Deputies as he set fire to a vehicle in the parking lot of a local hotel. […]

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RETURN OF THE MASK? NYC Hospitals Reinstitute Mask Mandates for Patients, Visitors as COVID-19 Cases Increase

New York City public hospitals are joining a growing number of health care facilities in states across the country to reinstitute mask mandates, according to multiple reports. […]

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Cruise Hive Awards: Port Canaveral Voted Best U.S. Cruise Homeport, Set to Host 7.3 Million Passengers in 2024

Florida’s Port Canaveral has been named the Best U.S. Homeport for 2023 in the annual Cruise Hive Awards. It’s the fourth consecutive year the port has won the honor. Located on the Florida’s Space Coast, Port Canaveral earned 34% of the vote, more than twice the votes of second-place finisher PortMiami. Nearly 20 ports in total competed for the annual honor. […]

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BREVARD HISTORY: Starlite Roller Skating Rink on Merritt Island Was Social Mecca from 1960s Through 1990s

Starlite Skate Center was among the most popular social scenes in Brevard. From the 60’s through the 90’s, skaters flocked to this Merritt Island rink. Today it is used as a storage facility for a car dealership. […]

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Astronauts Memorial Foundation and National Space Society Luncheon Set Jan. 19 at KSC Visitor Complex

The Astronauts Memorial Foundation and National Space Society will be holding their next Space Luncheon Series (SLS-3) on Friday, January 19, 2024, 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., at The Center for Space Education, located at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Kennedy Space Center Astronaut Tom Jones will be the Keynote Speaker. […]

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NASA’s Prepares to Send Artemis I Spacecraft to Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Ohio

From Florida to the Moon and back, NASA’s Orion spacecraft is still making moves. The crew module that flew more than 1.4 million miles during the agency’s historic Artemis I mission is getting ready for its next destination – NASA’s Neil Armstrong Test Facility in Sandusky, Ohio. […]

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Florida Tech Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Swimmer Kiera Ceely

Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. Panther women’s swimmer Kiera Ceely, a junior who is majoring in Biomedical Engineering, joins us for a new edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: Preflight Checks for Expedition 70 NASA Astronaut Loral O’Hara

Expedition 70 NASA astronaut Loral O’Hara has her Russian Sokol Suit pressure checked ahead of launching to the International Space Station on September 15, 2023. […]

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GORILLA ROOFING WEATHER REPORT: Forecast for Brevard Calls for Chance of Rain, High Near 68 On Sunday

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WATCH LIVE: SpaceX Ready to Launch Falcon 9 Rocket at 5:35 p.m. ET Carrying Starlink Satellites from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX is targeting Sunday, January 7 for a Falcon 9 launch of 23 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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