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Rocket Launch Illuminates Tampa Bay Sky, Wows Early Risers

By • Aug 8, 2019
Thursday's launch of the United Launch Alliance communications satellite lit up the sky over Northdale.
JULIO OCHOA / WUSF PUBLIC MEDIA

As rocket launches go, Thursday’s deployment of a communications satellite from Cape Canaveral was nothing too unusual.

Boeing Is Moving Space Division Headquarters To Titusville

By • Jun 20, 2019
NASA

Boeing says it is moving the headquarters of its space and launch division to Florida.

SpaceX Falcon 9 Lifts Off In Florida, Places Indonesian Satellite In Orbit

By • Aug 7, 2018

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lit up the sky around Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida early Tuesday with a successful launch, placing an Indonesian telecommunications satellite into orbit and demonstrating the reusability of the company's upgraded booster.

SpaceX's Big New Rocket Blasts Off, Puts Sports Car In Space

By • Feb 7, 2018
SpaceX

SpaceX's big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red electric sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars.

Preserving History Through 3-D Imaging

By • Jun 25, 2014
USF Alliance for Integrated Spatial Technologies

The launching pads at Cape Canaveral, an ancient French arch and a Revolutionary War-era tunnel in South Carolina are all historic sites. But that’s not all they have in common—they’re also rapidly deteriorating.

"Our world heritage is really going away in many instances from different things: war, looting, all kinds of acid rains and climate change," says Dr. Lori Collins.