Space Reporter for @Florida_Today and @USAToday Network. @KentStateJMC product. Also wrote for @pcnewsherald, @fremontNM and the Barberton Herald.
Melbourne, Florida
Joined January 2012
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The U.S. Navy @BlueAngels have arrived at Patrick Space Force Base ahead of this weekend’s Air Dot Show Cocoa Beach ✈️
SPACEX JELLYFISH UPDATE: Monday's launch is very likely to generate a "space jellyfish," per @spacejellyalert. But @NWSMelbourne predicts Florida's Space Coast should get marine stratocumulus clouds pushing onshore. @Florida_Today
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Lots of Blue Origin launch updates here from Florida's Space Coast, including coverage of the company leasing Space Perspective's former facilities at Space Coast Regional Airport floridatoday.com/story/tech/…
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Front of USA TODAY. 🚀
▫ When Starship moves in next door
▫South Texas residents offer preview for Florida's Space Coast
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The @FloridaTech student experiment is now set to launch to the ISS on NASA's SpaceX CRS-35 mission. More details here: tinyurl.com/4ubwacsy
The Student Spaceflight Experiments Program (SSEP) at @FloridaTech has a winning project: “Hydrogel-Radiation shielding viability under the influence of microgravity.” I enjoyed working in the lab with them today to better understand their experiment.
"The kids are cleaning out the house. They find this jacket. They're like, 'Hey, Dad. What's the jacket?' He says, 'Oh, that was like an astronaut jacket that I got back in the 1980s, and you know, I just kept it.' ": Neil Armstrong's coverall jacket floridatoday.com/story/tech/…
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At UNF, fans watch Osprey pilot Dragon to International Space Station jacksonville.com/story/news/… via @jaxdotcom, @StevePatTU, @RickNeale1
"You know, today we might see 100 flights come out of the Cape a year. But this is going to go to 1,000. And it’s going to go to 10,000" - Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp floridatoday.com/story/tech/…
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My Starship photo and story on the front page of @Florida_Today (and multiple other Florida papers!). 🚀
Check it out!
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A Starship launched early September 28, and finally reached orbit. Read what happened as well as my reaction:
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NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said the agency is targeting no earlier than December for an uncrewed Boeing Starliner I launch to the International Space Station to validate recent remediation efforts. Crewed Starliner II mission to follow in 2028.
During a Blue Origin-hosted event, CEO Dave Limp just said “we still think we have a path to launch this year” amid a massive rebuilding effort after the May 28 New Glenn rocket explosion
Embraer has confirmed the possibility of building a half-billion-dollar factory for KC-390 Millennium military aircraft at Melbourne Orlando International Airport — but it remains unknown whether such a facility will materialize in America. floridatoday.com/story/news/…
See how six @FloridaTech students lived at the Mars Desert Research Station in remote Utah. Story by my @Florida_Today Space Team colleague @brookeofstars floridatoday.com/story/tech/…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 meet the media after flying from Houston to Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of launch
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 astronauts just landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida @Florida_Today
Rocket launches coming up in Texas and Florida: Starship's 14th test flight. NASA's SpaceX Crew-13 astronauts. And a national-security payload aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket. floridatoday.com/story/tech/…
Melbourne Orlando International Airport update: An undisclosed aeronautical company code-named Project Sky plans to make a "remarkable" capital investment building facilities on about 30 acres on the northwest side of the airport. floridatoday.com/story/news/…
A U.S. Navy railhead transfer facility for shipments of missile motors and components is slated for NASA's Kennedy Space Center, improving transport access to the Naval Ordnance Test Unit at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. floridatoday.com/story/tech/…
ICYMI: A Chinese man has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor federal charge for flying a drone in restricted airspace above NASA's Kennedy Space Center in late July.
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The final point from @FloridaTechVB’s wild 16-14 fifth-set victory over Nova Southeastern at the Clemente Center in Melbourne 🏐