Early 2000s FLORIDA TODAY article on SpaceX coming to Cape Canaveral. Now I write about SpaceX launches from the Cape almost every other day. Times have sure changed.

Took a behind-the-scenes tour of the L3Harris Technologies satellite facility in Palm Bay, where eight Space Development Agency satellites are being prepped for launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base Florida Today floridatoday.com/story/tech/sci…

Took a hardhat tour with Florida Today Senior Photographer Malcolm Denemark inside Florida Tech's under-construction 556-bed student housing complex at the Melbourne campus floridatoday.com/story/news/loc…

Story includes an array of updates on Blue Origin's wastewater permit bid at its New Glenn rocket manufacturing complex, located just south of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex floridatoday.com/story/tech/sci…

Whoa! This image of NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building by FLORIDA TODAY Photographer/Videographer Craig Bailey (Craig Bailey) was named one of USA TODAY’s Pictures of the Year 2025 ⚡️ Link here: tinyurl.com/5rnjdss7

Indian River Lagoon supporters -- and an online petition with nearly 46,000 signatures -- have expressed opposition to Blue Origin's industrial wastewater plan near NASA's Kennedy Space Center Florida Today floridatoday.com/story/tech/sci…

On today's Florida Today front page: Cape Canaveral hit a record-breaking 109 orbital rocket launches during 2025, led by SpaceX. Story link: tinyurl.com/mwmdcuj3

Launching into 2026. First Cape Canaveral launch of the year. First flight of this SpaceX booster. 🚀 And my first launch photo. 📸 Starlink 6-88. I aimed poorly, but it's a start. ✨️ Craig Bailey @rickneale1

I last wrote about Dragon Point in 2017 (this file photo of Annie dates to 1996.) Now, the southernmost tip of Merritt Island is back up for sale from $4.5 million to $8 million Florida Today floridatoday.com/story/news/loc…

Update: NASA will work to bring Crew-11 home earlier than planned. floridatoday.com/story/tech/sci…

Story includes additional details from yesterday's NASA ISS/Crew-11 press conference (the Artemis II moon launch should not be impacted by shifting mission timelines) Florida Today floridatoday.com/story/tech/sci…

I've seen over 100 rocket launches. Just five years ago, I never thought I'd see even one Florida launch. Somedays it becomes a bit mundane, as I will be working and it's "another Falcon 9". Yet this afternoon I was out with the people in Titusville and witnessed many seeing

In October, I checked out one of the 920th Rescue Wing's new HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopters inside a hangar at Patrick Space Force Base. Florida Today story link: tinyurl.com/2dfu8jr2

For more details re: SpaceX's back-to-back launch record at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, check out today's Florida Today Starlink 6-98 blog and photo gallery: tinyurl.com/3dh6amwe

Story includes Crew-11 splashdown updates from NASA's predawn news conference floridatoday.com/story/tech/sci…

Our interview with NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman anchors today's Florida Today front page. Digital coverage includes video and photos by colleagues Craig Bailey and Brooke Edwards: tinyurl.com/yudhuyhy

Today’s the day! Artemis II is ready to roll to the launchpad We’re headed back to the moon! Brooke Edwards Rick Neale

Artemis II update: The National Weather Service reported a wind gust of 61 mph — the fastest in Brevard County — occurred at 1:50 p.m. at a measuring station mounted to a tower at pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center.

From Jan. 18-20, 1977, Florida got frosted by a historic arctic blast that pushed snowflakes as far south as Miami Beach. Here's an overview of events on Florida's Space Coast: floridatoday.com/story/news/202…

Eve electric 'air taxi' test flights underway as Florida plans for eVTOL aircraft jacksonville.com/story/news/loc… via Florida Times-Union, Florida Today, Rick Neale