Update: Vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is confirmed as Trump’s health chief after a close Senate vote orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/13/tru…

OK Ron, that was a solid Canada dig (3.3 million visitors). "That's not much of a boycott in my book. Maybe they wanted to glimpse of what a Stanley Cup winning hockey team actually looks like"

Dragon arrives at the hangar at pad 39A ahead of next week’s launch of NASA’s Crew-10 mission to the International Space Station

Wrong port.

To prepare for stacking, teams lifted the NASA_SLS core stage for the crewed NASA Artemis II mission out of the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 2 and positioned it horizontally in the transfer aisle. Read more about this operation here: go.nasa.gov/3R9yfoD

Milestone moment! Teams with NASA's Exploration Ground Systems have completed the integration of the Artemis II core stage at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The SLS core stage will play a crucial role in sending four astronauts aboard Orion Spacecraft on their journey around the Moon. 🔗go.nasa.gov/4hIbl2K

Help us wish a very happy birthday 97th to Astronaut Jim Lovell 🎂 While training for the launch of Apollo 13 #OTD in 1970, Lovell shared some cake with his co-workers on his 42nd birthday. Lovell launched on the near-disastrous Apollo 13 mission a few weeks later.

Flying over our launch site.

Think Pipeline is among Orlando theme parks' best? Nominate your favorites for Disney, Universal, SeaWorld and Legoland. orlandosentinel.com/2025/05/01/bes…

Asteroid 2000 OF was discovered in July 2000. It was later officially designated 18125 Brianwilson, in honor of the legendary songwriter. It's located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, where it orbits in constant sunshine. ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/tools/sbdb_loo…

Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando: Remembering the victims of June 12, 2016 trib.al/sRug894

Wishing everyone a meaningful and Happy #FlagDay today! With #Apollo11 anniversary right around the corner, I thought this was a great way to showcase our celebration of Old Glory as well as the ideas, principles and values that the Stars and Stripes represents. Also – wishing

NASA targets July 31 for Crew-11 launch while Ax-4 mission won’t return until next week trib.al/8x8tIPY

Review: Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas offers abundant thrills, chills, wows trib.al/AaNl2I9

Hurricane Melissa's historic journey through the Caribbean and Atlantic.

Breaking space news

The next Vulcan rocket is reporting for duty! The USSF-87 launch campaign is underway for Vulcan's second U.S. national security mission. The Vulcan VC4S will deploy this mission directly to geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) using the high-performance Centaur V upper stage.

2026 launch number one: At 1:48am Sunday (Jan 4), SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket, sending a batch of Starlink satellites to space. This was the view from Cocoa Beach, Florida. (bonus: The 1st stage booster entry burn is faintly visible through down-range clouds)

Orlando Sentinel 150: How higher education grew in Central Florida trib.al/mJjFsm6

LIFE UPDATE: After 10 years, my time with WINK News has come to an end after being let go from my role as Chief Meteorologist on Thursday. This decision was not one that I expected or agreed with and was not given the opportunity to say goodbye on-air. It was a complete shock to