Author: Rachael Joy, FLORIDA TODAY

Space Reporters Antonia Jaramillo and Rachael Joy at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in preparation for the AEHF6 launch.

Carnival cruise ship lights up ships with a hopeful message to customers

The coronavirus pandemic isn’t stopping the first national security space mission for the U.S. Space Force which is slated to launch March 26th from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

If SpaceX’s in-flight abort test goes well, it could beat out Boeing to be the first private company to launch astronauts to the International Space Station.

Brig. Gen. Doug Schiess addresses the media after first official U.S. Space Force launch

State officials and lobbyists hope President Trump’s ties to Florida could help them secure the Space Force Command.

There’s a lot of work to do before Patrick Air Force Base in Florida becomes Patrick Space Force Base.
       

The launch of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft on Friday capped off a year of 16 total launches. First launch of the new year is slated for Jan. 3

Patrick Air Force Base, and with it the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, could see a name change in the coming months.
       

Boeing has been reeling from the fallout from the problems with its 737 Max aircraft. The failure of the Starliner capsule only adds to its woes.

Boeing, reeling from from the problems with its 737 Max aircraft, desperately needs a win when it sends it Starliner capsule to the International Space Station.

Boeing’s Melanie Weber and ULA’s Dane Drefke will play key roles in Friday’s launch of Boeing’s Starliner capsule for its test flight to the ISS.

One would think the simple parachute would be the easiest part of spacecraft design but in fact it’s one of the biggest challenges.
       

Boeing reveals the name of its anthropometric test dummy that will fly on the first test flight of Starliner
       

Kennedy Space Center is the first NASA center to be named a “Purple Heart Entity” for its dedication to hiring veterans.

At Florida Tech, Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden explained why he doesn’t believe in colonizing Mars & where we could eventually live (Alpha Centauri)

On a crisp, virtually windless morning in the New Mexico desert, Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft completed a near picture-perfect test of its launch abort system.

On Monday morning Boeing will conduct a pad abort test of Starliner at White Sands Missile Base in White Sands, New Mexico.
       

NASA’s lunar mission to land the first woman and next man on the moon by 2024 and create a permanent presence there could bring big bucks to the Space Coast.
       

The world’s only airborne launched rocket, Pegasus gallops to space Wednesday night with NASA’s ICON spacecraft.