Rocket launch from Florida Space Coast – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by TimBurgess This week, crews on Florida’s Space Coast are getting ready to launch two rockets. At approximately 7:30 a.m., SpaceX intends to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A. NASA’s IMAP project is to be launched into orbit
Airport – Courtesy: Peter Titmuss – Shutterstock With nine new destinations scheduled to arrive at the Fort Lauderdale airport beginning in November, JetBlue Airways is the most recent ultra-low-cost carrier to increase its footprint in South Florida. In a statement released on September 10, JetBlue’s vice president of network planning and airline partnerships, Dave Jehn,
Silver Airways abruptly cancels all flights – Pictured: Flight in stormy weather – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by FTiare Hollywood, Florida – Early on Wednesday, Silver Airways declared that all future flights would be canceled as part of its abrupt shutdown. Background: In December 2024, the Hollywood, Florida-based airline with a Tampa hub declared Chapter
Tampa International Airport – Courtesy: Peter Titmuss – Shutterstock The Transportation Security Administration may need to check your ID twice (or three or four times) at the airport, regardless of how good or bad you have been. There are some Florida IDs that are not scanning properly. All U.S. passengers visiting an airport will need
SpaceX Crew Dragon Spacecraft — Courtesy: Image by Evgeniyqw from Shutterstock Following a directive from SpaceX ground controllers, the unpiloted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft undocked from the forward port of the Harmony module on the International Space Station (ISS) on December 16 at 11:05 a.m. EST. The spacecraft is expected to perform a parachute-assisted splashdown off
SpaceX Rocket Launch – Courtesy: Shutterstock — Oleg_Yakovlev Early on Tuesday morning (Nov. 26), SpaceX intends to launch another set of its Starlink broadband satellites from Florida’s Space Coast. At 10:05 p.m. EST on Tuesday (0308 GMT on Wednesday, Nov. 27), a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 Starlink satellites is expected to launch from NASA’s
SpaceX Rocket Launch — Courtesy: Shutterstock — John Huntington After nearly eight months in space, three NASA astronauts and one Russian cosmonaut eventually returned to Earth early Friday. Their journey to the ISS began with weather delays and finished at the mercy of the weather once more. After disembarking from the International Space Station on
Southwest Airlines Jet Plane – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by QualityHD A Southwest Airlines aircraft went down to a height of 150 feet (45 meters) over water while it was still approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) away from its planned landing location at the airport in Tampa, Florida. This incident is being looked into by
Allegiant Air plane in the sky – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Markus Mainka Eight new nonstop routes, including multiple new routes to Florida, have been announced by Allegiant Travel Co. to connect with thirteen locations nationwide. In November, the routes will begin service. “The addition of new routes is a testament to the success
Airport – Courtesy: Peter Titmuss – Shutterstock An estimated $300 million in freight hubs, the new “Airglades” airport is expected to alter the economy of one of the poorest counties in Florida. The project, which could create more than 1,400 new, highly trained employment in this mostly agricultural region on the border of the Everglades,