NASA has named the two commercial companies to which it’s outsourcing its future space duds. Teams led by Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace were awarded the contracts worth up to $3.5 billion to develop and deliver the next-generation spacesuit for NAS…
Florida deputies search for missing Haitian Special Olympics soccer team members
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of several members of the Haitian Special Olympics soccer team participating in this year’s USA Games. Antione Joseph Mithon, Nicholson Fontilus, Peter Mianovich Ber…
Florida deputies search for missing Haitian Special Olympics soccer team members
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the disappearance of several members of the Haitian Special Olympics soccer team participating in this year’s USA Games. Antione Joseph Mithon, Nicholson Fontilus, Peter Mianovich Ber…
2-year-old fatally shot dad after finding ‘easily accessible’ gun, Florida sheriff says
ORLANDO, Fla. — A 2-year-old boy shot and killed his father with an improperly stored gun at their east Orange County home last month, Sheriff John Mina said Monday, leading to manslaughter and other charges against the child’s mother. “I can’t emphasi…
NASA Artemis I moon rocket rolls back to Kennedy Space Center launch pad
ORLANDO, Fla. — NASA has sent the Artemis I rocket back to the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center for testing later this month, looking to get back on track for a potential moon launch as early as August. The 5.75 million-pound, 322-foot-tall combinati…
Florida Gov. DeSantis seeks control over universities, targeting tenure and ‘politicized’ classes
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his Republican allies are seeking more influence in university classrooms, targeting tenure, waging a battle against “politicized” courses and contemplating a significant change in how professors are hired …
2-year-old fatally shot dad after finding ‘easily accessible’ gun, Florida sheriff says
ORLANDO, Fla. — A 2-year-old boy shot and killed his father at their east Orange County home last month, Sheriff John Mina said Monday. Mina said the boy’s 26-year-old father, Reggie Mabry, was found wounded about noon May 26, after deputies went to th…
UCF researchers tapped again for NASA moon mission, set to explore mysterious domes
ORLANDO, Fla. — A team of researchers from the University of Central Florida will be exploring an unknown and mysterious region of the moon. Two UCF planetary scientists, Kerri Donaldson Hanna and Adrienne Dove, have been asked to lead a $35 million mi…
Blue Origin launches 5th human flight on New Shepard
Blue Origin sent up its fifth-ever New Shepard rocket with humans on board The NS-21 mission lifted off at 9:26 a.m. EDT Saturday from the company’s West Texas facility with six people on board, one of them the company’s first repeat customer. The tour…
Special Olympics drops COVID vaccine mandate after Florida threatens $27.5 million fine
ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida threatened to fine Special Olympics International $27.5 million for requiring 5,500 participants at the USA Games in Orlando to be vaccinated against COVID, prompting the organization to drop the mandate. “There needs to be a ch…