The First Commercial Airline Departed From Florida 110 Years Ago

Birthplace of Pan American World Airways airline company in Key West, Florida — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Michael Gordon The Sunshine State, Florida is a great spot to party over spring break or just kick back in the sun. However, the state also boasts an unexpected history of firsts in flying. In the annals of aviation

Off the coast of Florida, the SpaceX Dragon spaceship carrying Crew 7 astronauts splashes down

SpaceX Dragon Spaceship splashes back down in Florida – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Evgenyiqw After almost six months of performing research and science on the International Space Station (ISS), four astronauts have safely returned to Earth. At 5:47 a.m. EDT on Tuesday, astronauts from NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), the Japan Aerospace Exploration

SpaceX ends 11-day launch draught with Falcon 9 rocket Monday evening

SpaceX Rocket Launches — Courtesy: Shutterstock — John Huntington SpaceX finally launched a Falcon 9 rocket late Monday night, capping an 11-day launch drought caused by wind that was the longest for the Space Coast since April. The delay occurred after this weekend’s extreme weather passed. A cold front dropped the temperature to 56 degrees

What was the ‘fireball’ seen yesterday night in the Florida sky?

Fireball Over the Evening Sky – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by Nazarii_Neshcherenskyi Just after midnight on Monday, Floridians who were out and about caught a glimpse of a blazing streak moving across the starry sky. It was characterized as a “fireball” that passed by Zephyrhills Park by a witness in Zephyrhills. Images and videos captured

Wednesday night’s Falcon Heavy launch will cause sonic booms along Florida’s Space Coast

Falcon Heavy Launch (Not pictured) – SpaceX Rocket Launches — Courtesy: Shutterstock — John Huntington Residents of Florida’s Space Coast might hear some loud booms on Wednesday night as SpaceX launches a satellite the size of a school bus using a Falcon Heavy rocket. The Jupiter 3 (Echostar XXIV) communications satellite will be launched by

Astonishing rocket launch viewing from Florida’s Space Coast

Rocket launch from Florida Space Coast – Courtesy: Shutterstock – Image by TimBurgess Many people consider witnessing a real rocket launch in South Florida to be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. However, it’s simpler than you may imagine crossing that experience off your bucket list because more rockets are being launched from the Space Coast by SpaceX,

SpaceX astronauts return to Earth after a five-month deployment off the coast of Florida

SpaceX Rocket Launch – Courtesy: Shutterstock — Oleg_Yakovlev During a brief SpaceX ride home, four astronauts from the space station arrived back on Earth late on Saturday. Their capsule landed with a splash in the Gulf of Mexico, not far from Tampa in Florida. The American-Russian-Japanese crew, which arrived in October last year, spent five

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lights up Florida’s sky

SpaceX Rocket Launch – Courtesy: Shutterstock — Oleg_Yakovlev After a three-year break, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket successfully launched two satellites to geostationary orbit on its second attempt in as many months at 5:56 p.m. ET, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. In addition to the twilight launch, which is known for creating cool vistas

Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis starts online campaign to move Twitter to Florida

Twitter App with Elon Musk in the Background — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Rokas Tenys JACKSONVILLE, Fl. – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is not as enthused as the Sunshine State’s chief financial officer to bring Twitter’s headquarters to Florida. After it was first announced that Elon Musk was negotiating to buy the social media platform in

Florida teen who tracked Elon Musk’s plane is now tracking Russian billionaire’s jets

Russian Jets — Courtesy: Shutterstock — Dimitrije Ostojic For Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX and chief executive of Tesla, traveling by private jet might not be such a private endeavor anymore, and now it won’t be for Russian billionaires either. A 19-year-old student from the University of Central Florida who went viral for