FAA cleared Blue Origin’s New Glenn to return to flight; NG‑4 could launch from the Space Coast as early as June 4 carrying 48 Amazon Leo satellites.

A KB4‑CON demonstrator in Orlando showed how public video can be used to synthesize a local anchor’s speech, unnerving attendees and prompting legal and newsroom questions.

UCF graduates booed a commencement talk about AI as a Gallup survey and a new wave of company moves tie the technology to job anxiety among Gen Z. The moment crystallizes a growing generational unease.

After a faulty update in 2024 stalled hospitals and grounded flights, Orlando managers are treating outages as a board‑level risk. Here’s what they’re changing.

Researchers are tagging sharks with sensors to collect subsurface ocean data that could sharpen hurricane forecasts. Florida scientists say the method could plug gaps satellites miss.

SpaceX is targeting a May launch from SLC‑40 that could rattle neighborhoods across Central Florida if weather allows. Dragon carries about 6,500 pounds of supplies and experiments for the ISS.

Andromeda Ventures — led by former NASA executives — has joined UCF’s business incubator to speed dual‑use startups toward validation and government markets.

Janet Petro is retiring as Kennedy Space Center director effective May 1, 2026, capping a nearly 20-year NASA career that included a stint as acting NASA administrator.

NASA's updated ISS plan leaves Boeing's Starliner without a firm launch window while SpaceX resupply and crew flights are shuffled to keep the station supplied. The hold follows a damning test-flight investigation.

SpaceX’s May 1 Starlink flight added 29 satellites as the Space Coast’s busy launch run continues, nudging 2026’s tally higher after a record 2025.

SpaceX will launch ViaSat‑3 F3 from Kennedy Space Center Monday morning; Central Florida may feel the blast as returning boosters create sonic booms. The 85‑minute window opens at 10:21 a.m. EDT.

NASA unveiled the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and moved its launch up; the wide-field observatory will survey roughly 12% of the sky and hunt exoplanets.

Siemens Energy opened a Grid AI Lab at its Orlando Innovation Center to run AI on grid data, testing tools that could speed storm recovery and raise usable capacity. Local utilities will take part in pilots as the company says the lab is part of a $1 billion U.S. expansion.