Clay County students space exploration experiment
A team of Clay County students through a partnership with Florida 4-H Youth Development Program and Higher Orbits competed in a science experiment. Their experiment explored how humankind can survive beyond Earth, and is being taken all the way to the International Space Station.
SpaceX launches Falcon 9 with 49 Starlink satellites from Vandenberg
SpaceX is targeting 11:15 a.m. Tuesday for a Falcon 9 launch of 49 Starlink satellites and D-Orbit’s ION SCV009 Eclectic Elena to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.
What’s that in the sky? News4JAX receives calls, emails after SpaceX rocket launch creates stunning sky art
News4JAX received several calls about it in the past hour from community members reporting seeing bright clouds of what looked like smoke. What they were seeing was a trail from the SpaceX launch around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Cold weather safety: Avoid house fires
Temperatures will dip into the 20s this weekend and for a lot of people, the immediate reaction is to jack up the thermostat. If you haven't used your heater in a while, you'll want to do some safety checks first. Brianna Andrews talked with JFRD about some simple steps everyone can take to stay safe and warm.
NASA's mightiest moon rocket lifts off 50 years after Apollo
NASA's new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago.
What’s that? Viewers spot traveling line of lights in sky Tuesday morning
CHECK THIS OUT!😱✨🛰️ News4JAX viewers captured a sparkling line in the sky this morning around 6:20 a.m. They reached out asking what it could possibly be. What you are seeing is 51 Starlink satellites that SpaceX Falcon 9 launched to low-Earth orbit Sunday night from Cape Canaveral. Pretty cool, right?!
Launch of Artemis I scrubbed by another fuel leak, NASA says
NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch controllers to call off their second attempt to send a crew capsule into lunar orbit with test dummies. The inaugural flight is now off for at least a few weeks, if not months.