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SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida will kick off Memorial Day

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May 23, 2026

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch from Florida will kick off Memorial Day

SpaceX plans to kick off Memorial Day with a Falcon 9 rocket launch from Cape Canaveral, delivering more Starlink internet satellites to orbit.

The liftoff is set for no earlier than 7:41 a.m. Monday, May 25 from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. If needed, SpaceX has until 11:41 a.m. to make the launch window.

The mission, known as Starlink 10-47, will launch 29 of the company’s Starlink satellites to orbit. The Falcon 9 rocket will travel on a northeast trajectory after liftoff.

Falcon 9 usually flies about twice a week, but launches have slowed this year as SpaceX focuses more on getting Starship operations ready for Cape Canaveral. With May almost to an end, this flight will mark Florida 35th launch of the year. That is well behind last year’s record-setting pace of 109 launches.

Falcon 9 rockets are currently only launched from one launch pad in Florida, and as of last month, SpaceX pulled its Just Read the Instructions drone ship to support Starship operations.

No Brevard sonic booms are expected Monday, as the rocket’s first stage booster will land on the A Shortfall of Gravitas drone ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

The FLORIDA TODAY Space Team will provide live updates 90 minutes prior to liftoff at FloridaToday.com/Space.

Brooke Edwards is a Space Reporter for Florida Today. Contact her at bedwards@floridatoday.com or on X: @brookeofstars.

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Florida vacation turns tragic as twin 5-year-old girls die after pool incident

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June 13, 2026

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Florida vacation turns tragic as twin 5-year-old girls die after pool incident

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (CBS12) — Two twin girls who were vacationing in Florida are dead after an apparent drowning left them unconscious in a pool on Friday.

Information obtained by WESH indicates the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said the family was vacationing from the Atlanta area and staying at a short-term rental home in Kissimmee when the two 5-year-old girls were found in the pool.

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Law enforcement said the twin girls were home with a 15-year-old who was in charge of watching them while their parents went to the grocery store.

The teenager immediately called 911 when she found the girls in the pool.

A neighbor who witnessed the tragic incident said he heard a woman screaming, “Oh no, they’re not breathing, they’re not breathing.”

“Whoever it was, it was probably the mother,” the neighbor said. “She was really upset, and I feel sorry for her. My heart breaks for something like that. I wouldn’t know what would happen if it was one of mine.”

The girls were taken to the hospital, where they were pronounced dead.

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LEGOLAND Florida shows out for the World Cup

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June 12, 2026

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LEGOLAND Florida shows out for the World Cup

Tharin White, Lead Publisher at EYNTK.info and Drew Smith, Drew the Disney Dude join FOX 35’s Garrett Wymer live via Zoom to showcase the World Cup celebrations at LegoLand Florida, plus the Electric Ocean show taking off at SeaWorld Orlando.

Posted June 12, 2026 1:17pm EDT

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21-year-old motorcyclist from Fernandina Beach killed in crash on A1A

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June 12, 2026

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21-year-old motorcyclist from Fernandina Beach killed in crash on A1A

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – A 21-year-old Fernandina Beach man is dead following a crash on State Road A1A in Nassau County Thursday night.

The Florida Highway Patrol responded to the scene at South Fletcher Avenue and Askins Avenue around 9:30 p.m.

According to FHP, the motorcyclist was traveling northbound on S. Fletcher Ave. when he struck an unoccupied sport utility vehicle that was stopped perpendicular to the roadway in the northbound lane. Troopers say the SUV’s driver had exited the vehicle to unhitch a trailer at the time of the crash.

The front of the motorcycle collided with the left side of the SUV. The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, according to the report.

FHP pronounced the motorcycle rider dead at the scene. The SUV driver was not injured.

The crash remains under investigation.

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