After weeks of waiting for favorable weather, SpaceX Crew-8 astronauts splash down off the coast of Florida

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

Central Florida’s skies illuminated by the Orionid meteor shower

Meteor shower – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Makarov Konstantin In Central Florida, the 2023 Orionid meteor shower was visible between Saturday night and Sunday early morning. There was no better place to be than outside, not just in the afternoon but also overnight, as the weekend forecast called for clear skies. Right about midnight

A piece of the Challenger space shuttle was found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean near Florida’s coast

Challenger – Space Shuttle Launch – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by 3Dsculptor More than three decades after it broke apart and all seven people aboard were tragically killed, a piece of the wrecked space shuttle, the Challenger, was discovered at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida. Divers spotted a “huge