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.

Photos show damage to Blue Origin’s Merritt Island test building and have raised questions about the NG‑3 New Glenn launch schedule. Officials are still assessing the impact.

Osceola County approved CGI Advantage, an AI‑powered ERP to centralize payroll, HR and budgeting. Testing starts summer 2026 with a planned July 2027 go‑live.

NASA is moving ahead with Artemis II preparations at Kennedy Space Center while Coast Guard personnel who secure the launch range continue to work without pay amid a DHS funding lapse.

Osceola County broke ground last week on a $22M multi‑use lab at NeoCity, a key step in the county’s push to build semiconductor research and workforce capacity in Kissimmee.

The Space Force moved a GPS III‑8 launch off ULA’s Vulcan and onto a Falcon 9 as investigators probe repeated Vulcan booster issues; ULA will use Atlas V for near‑term Amazon launches.

SimSpace is relocating its global headquarters to Orlando and will open a 7,000‑sq‑ft hub for AI‑ready cyber training, testing, and large exercises in Central Florida.

A Senate committee backed a NASA reauthorization that would extend the ISS to Sept. 30, 2032 and direct NASA to develop a permanent Moon base. The move shifts timelines for the Space Coast and commercial station builders.

Dr. Deborah German, founding dean of UCF’s College of Medicine, is preparing to step down after about 20 years, local reporting shows.