✧Cape Canaveral Launches (May 5–11, 2025)

• May 6, 8:22 PM EDT — Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 6-93 | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS

• May 9, 2:54 AM EDT — Falcon 9 | Starlink Group 6-91 | SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS

SpaceX rocket launch 'space jellyfish' glow amid darkened skies in Florida

Turns out, jellyfish do fly—just not in the ocean.
SpaceX launches are turning Florida’s skies into glowing aquariums.
No tentacles, just rocket fumes and the occasional UFO report. Full story here.

Lockheed Martin delivers completed Orion to NASA for Artemis 2

Orion’s Belt just got buckled! NASA officially took delivery of the Orion spacecraft this week, clearing a critical milestone for Artemis II — the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. The handoff from Lockheed Martin signals progress toward launch readiness, with just propellant loading, oxygen systems, a skyscraper-sized rocket, and a few hundred final checks left before liftoff. Full story here.

NASA tests world’s first nuclear space power generator that runs on 5x cheaper fuel 

Move over plutonium, there's a new nuclear nerd in town.
Americium-241 is powering up as the budget-friendly bad boy of deep space juice—five times cheaper per watt and just as radioactive.
NASA and the Brits are cooking up a space battery so efficient it might make plutonium feel overpaid. Full story here.

Unveiling Alien Oceans: Webb’s Breakthrough in the Hunt for Life

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have sniffed out biological molecules on a distant exoplanet — compounds that, on Earth, are mostly produced by living organisms. While it’s too soon for “we’re not alone” headlines, the discovery ushers in a new era in the search for extraterrestrial life. One suspicious molecule does not a Martian make, but scientists are listening. Full story here.

✧Business Pipeline

Terran Orbital Moves HQ to Irvine – The smallsat maker shifts its base from Florida to California, bolstering Irvine’s rise as an aerospace hub. Read more

Amazon’s Kuiper Satellites Finally Revealed – After a low-profile launch from Cape Canaveral, Amazon gave the world a first look at its Starlink rivals in orbit. Read more 

Space Florida Expands Workforce Training – A new agreement with the Aerospace and Defense Apprenticeship Institute will boost hands-on training for Florida-based aerospace technicians. Read more

Navy Advances Hypersonic Missile Program – A successful cold-gas launch test of the CPS hypersonic missile at Cape Canaveral moves the Navy closer to arming Zumwalt-class destroyers. Read more