Florida’s no stranger to strange and awe-inspiring locales, but it turns out that the Sunshine State also gets points for size.

SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean.

The Palm Bay City Council has unanimously voted to support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' push to move NASA's headquarters to Brevard County.

Blue Origin has launched its massive new rocket on its first test flight.

SpaceX has launched a pair of lunar landers for U.S. and Japanese companies looking to jumpstart business up there.

SpaceX is ramping up for a mid-week launch of NASA’s Blue Ghost Mission 1 from Kennedy Space Center, according to a news release.

2024 was the hottest year on record globally.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed relocating NASA’s headquarters from Washington, D.C. to the Kennedy Space Center on Florida’s Space Coast.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to hold a news conference in Merritt Island on Wednesday at the Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX launched another Starlink mission launch from Florida’s Space Coast

NASA is pitching a cheaper and quicker way of getting rocks and soil back from Mars.

Here's a continuously updated calendar of rocket launches on Florida's Space Coast.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex guests will be able to immerse themselves in rocket science and space exploration at KSC’s most well-known launch site.

On New Year's Eve, a Falcon 9 brought to a close the most prolific year ever for launches here.

Yesterday, the world said goodbye to former President Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100

NASA has confirmed that a spacecraft has made the closest approach to the sun.

The fastest-moving human-made object ever is about to come seven times closer to the sun than any spacecraft before it.

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SpaceX announced they plan to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida’s Space Coast early Monday morning.

Government shutdowns have closed Kennedy Space Center to the Space Coast's unsung heroes of launch operations before.

A NASA spacecraft is about to make the closest approach to the sun.

The holiday festivities will soon be underway at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

NASA's two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again.

The launch may have been delayed again, but workers at Kennedy Space Center are still pressing ahead on getting the second Space Launch System rocket ready for its first crew.

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New research suggests that Saturn's rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet.

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NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.

NASA's two stuck astronauts have hit the six-month mark in space.

NASA has announced more delays in sending astronauts back to the moon more than 50 years after Apollo.

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped a tech billionaire who performed the first private spacewalk to lead NASA.

Nearly two months ago, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission launched from our Space Coast, setting off on a six-year journey to explore Jupiter’s moon, Europa.

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Earth is parting company with an asteroid that's been tagging along as a “mini moon” for the past two months.

NASA has concerns about what it calls a potentially catastrophic air leak on the International Space Station.

Three NASA astronauts whose prolonged space mission ended with a trip to the hospital last month won't say which one of them got sick.

SpaceX on Monday launched supplies to the International Space Station from Florida.

Two sister meteor showers are already flashing across night skies — and will peak a week apart.

NASA says an astronaut has been released from the hospital after returning from space.

Four astronauts are back on Earth after a space station mission that lasted almost eight months.

After more than 200 days in orbit, the Crew-8 astronauts are finally back home from the International Space Station.

After yet another government oversight investigation revealing how costly and behind-schedule NASA’s multi-billion-dollar moon-bound baby really is, the ongoing question resurfaces: Can the Artemis mega-rocket survive, especially in the face of competition that continues to outshine the U.S. government’s deep space rocket?

The Orionid meteor shower is about to peak.

A California school has planted a tree that’s out of this world.

A NASA spacecraft has blasted off on a quest to explore Jupiter's moon Europa and reveal whether its hidden ocean might hold the keys to life.

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A massive NASA spacecraft is ready to set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa.

A massive NASA spacecraft has set sail for Jupiter and its moon Europa.

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and the Kennedy Space Center remained closed to off-base personnel as workers continued surveying damage from Hurricane Milton.

Space weather forecasters say a severe solar storm heading to Earth could stress power grids even more as the U.S. deals with major back-to-back hurricanes.

A Category 5 hurricane can be beautiful to look at from 257 miles above the Earth.

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A spacecraft has blasted off to investigate the scene of a cosmic crash.

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Brevard County on Monday morning.

Solar storms may cause faint auroras across fringes of the northern United States this weekend.

NASA has switched off another scientific instrument on its Voyager 2 spacecraft to save power.

NASA’s Webb Space Telescope has identified new clues about the surface of Pluto’s largest moon.

Embark on an extraordinary journey to Jupiter’s icy moon Europa this Saturday at the Orlando Science Center.

The two astronauts stuck at the International Space Station since June are welcoming their new ride home.

SpaceX has put a pause on Falcon 9 launches after reporting the second stage of the rocket used in Crew-9 experienced an off-nominal deorbit burn and landed in the ocean outside of its target area.

SpaceX has launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station.

A post-hurricane rocket launch from Florida's Space Coast will be a rescue mission of sorts.

With NASA’s CREW-9 mission set for Saturday, Space View Park is expected to fill up with excited spectators eager to witness the historic launch. NASA reports that despite recent storms, preparations remain on schedule.

NASA says it’s sticking with Boeing’s Starliner for future crewed missions despite the capsule’s failure to bring home two astronauts who remain stuck on the International Space Station.

OceanGate co-founder Stockton Rush said the carbon fiber hull used in an experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic was developed with help of NASA and aerospace manufacturers.

The aquarium at ICON Park will host NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) “Voyage of Europa Clipper: Exploring an Alien Ocean” exhibit on Sept. 28-29.

A pair of space travelers will have to wait a little longer for their trip to the International Space Station.

The next crew rotation to the International Space Station will launch with a pair of open seats to make room for the stuck Starliner astronauts.

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair.

A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a record-breaking stay for the Russian pair.

Boeing is replacing the head of its defense and space business.

Last year, five people hoping to view the Titanic wreckage died when their submersible imploded deep in the Atlantic Ocean.

The women who contributed to getting Americans on the moon will be honored with Congressional Gold Medals.

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NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams may be on board the International Space Station for an extended stay after issues with Boeing Starliner, but that will not stop them from voting in the November election.

The astronauts stuck in space say it was hard to see their Boeing capsule leave without them.

Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore gave an update on their mission Friday, about one week since the Starliner space capsule returned to Earth without them.

SpaceX released a new potential launch date for its Crew 9 mission. This launch will mark the first time a human spaceflight mission will take off from the Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.

A tech billionaire has performed the first private spacewalk hundreds of miles above Earth.

A Soyuz spacecraft carrying two Russians and an American has docked at the International Space Station.

Paying passengers have lined up to rocket to space to experience a few minutes of weightlessness.

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A billionaire has rocketed back into orbit, aiming to perform the first private spacewalk.

NASA has given the go-ahead to next month’s launch to Jupiter’s moon Europa.

Boeing’s first astronaut mission is finally over.

NASA says a small, harmless asteroid has burned up in Earth’s atmosphere.

Boeing will attempt to return its problem-plagued capsule from the International Space Station later this week — with empty seats.

A pulsing sound coming from the Boeing Starliner spacecraft over the weekend was speaker feedback, NASA says. And it has stopped.

NASA has cut two astronauts from the next crew to make room on the return trip for the two stuck at the International Space Station.

NASA and Boeing plan to bring the Starliner spacecraft home from the International Space Station.

NASA's record-holding astronaut is urging his two stuck-in-space colleagues to stay positive and “keep up the good work."

A NASA rover on Mars is tackling a new challenge and climbing to the rim of a crater.

The two astronauts left behind at the International Space Station have both flown long space missions before.

NASA says it won't use Boeing's Starliner capsule to bring two stranded astronauts back to Earth.

NASA Administrator Bill Nelson has announced astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will remain at the International Space Station until February 2025.

NASA has decided it’s too risky to bring two astronauts back to Earth in Boeing’s troubled new capsule.

NASA will decide this weekend whether Boeing's new capsule is safe enough to return two astronauts from the International Space Station, where they've been waiting since June.