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John Owen/Wikimedia CommonsNASA's Day of Remembrance honors those lost and reminds the agency's workforce to focus on safety. -
Lauren Whiddon/Fresh Take FloridaThe latest figures are showing that 56 manatees have been found dead so far in Florida this year — even more than last year during the same time frame. That's worrying since last year was Florida's second-deadliest year for manatees on record.
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Rick Glasby/The replacement for ULA's workhorse rocket, the Atlas V, has arrived at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The Vulcan Centaur rocket will fly for the first time in 2023.
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Pixabay/More Americans are planning on taking a cruise in 2023, which bodes well for Florida’s cruise industry. Black Friday was a record day for cruise ship bookings in the US.
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Brevard County is getting $3.2 million and Volusia County is getting $37.6 million for beach nourishment projects after hurricanes Ian and Nicole. -
The planned launch this weekend includes the return of two boosters to Cape Canaveral. Their landing will bring a rare double sonic boom.
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Last year was the second-worst ever when it comes to manatee deaths in Florida. Some 800 mortalities were recorded in 2022. At the heart of the die-off are ongoing water quality problems and seagrass losses in the Indian River Lagoon, a crucial manatee habitat.
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After launching from Cape Canaveral, the Falcon 9 rocket will turn and head south, fly along Florida’s east coast on a southern trajectory.
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More than six dozen threatened manatees are currently in rehabilitation centers in Florida and elsewhere amid a chronic starvation problem caused by water pollution, wildlife officials said Wednesday.
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The return of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket brought with it a sonic boom, ushering in what could be a very busy year for launches from Florida.
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The study from the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute shows the greatest concentration of toxins were in the sharks’ stomachs.
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Faced with habitat destruction and damage caused by pollution, the Indian River Lagoon has experienced devastating algal blooms and fish die offs. In hopes of bringing the lagoon back to good health, the Brevard Zoo created the “Restore Our Shores” conservation field project.
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With winter approaching and water temperatures dropping, a program that feeds lettuce to the marine mammals at a warm-water power plant near Cape Canaveral enters its second year. The feeding program comes after a record 1,102 manatee deaths in 2021.
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When astronaut Eugene Cernan ended his moonwalk on Dec. 19, 1972, he knew there were no more moon missions planned. Five decades later, still no human has returned.
