Early morning launch set for Saturday
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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch is set to take place from Florida's Space Coast in the early hours of Saturday morning. The launch is currently set for 4:28 a.m.

Scheduled vote for rules on Florida bear hunt
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Another bear hunt could be happening at the end of this year in Florida. State officials are voting on the hunt next month. If passed, it would be held for three weeks in December.

3-legged alligator spotted in Florida backyard
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A Seminole County resident recently had an unusual visitor when a three-legged alligator wandered into his Astor Farms backyard, slowly making its way around the area. Jim Koerner captured the remarkable moment on video and shared it with FOX 35 News.

NASA launching NISAR satellite with India
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Dr. Marco Lavalle, NASA JPL Deputy Project Scientist, NISAR joins FOX 35's Garrett Wymer via Zoom to break down the launch of NASA's new US-India NISAR satellite later this month. The satellite has the most advanced radar system ever launched and hopes to give decision-makers more information on the earth's surface impacting their infrastructure/

Florida surf instructor recovering from shark bite
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An 18-year-old surf instructor is recovering after a shark bit his foot off New Smyrna Beach. Sam Hollis says the shark dragged him 10 to 15 feet before he escaped. Hollis joins Good Day Orlando to share his story.

SpaceX successfully launches SES O3b mPOWER satellites Tuesday from Cape Canaveral

SpaceX lit up the Florida skies Tuesday evening with the successful launch of SES’s O3b mPOWER mission from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

SpaceX aborts SES O3b mPOWER satellites launch

SpaceX was set to light up the Florida skies Monday evening with the launch of SES's O3b mPOWER mission from Cape Canaveral. However, the rocket did not take flight.

Rehabilitated brown pelicans set for release Monday at Ponce Inlet beach

The Marine Science Center will release several rehabilitated brown pelicans back into the wild on Monday morning following treatment for injuries caused by fishing hooks and line entanglements.

Florida surfer recovering after shark attack: 'Had my foot in its mouth for a good little bit'

An 18-year-old surf instructor is recovering in the hospital after a shark bit his foot while he was surfing off New Smyrna Beach, an area often dubbed the shark bite capital of the world.

Nuclear waste being transformed into promising cancer treatment

The former headquarters of the Manhattan Project, where the world's first atomic bomb was created, is now turning nuclear waste into a potential cure for cancer.

Shark bites teen surfer at New Smyrna Beach

An 18-year-old man suffered a shark bite while surfing at New Smyrna Beach on Friday, officials say.

New space MBA program to launch at UCF in 2026
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The University of Central Florida (UCF) is launching a new online space MBA program to meet the expanding needs of the booming space industry on Florida?s Space Coast and around the world. The MBA will be a fully online, part-time graduate business program spanning 24 months in which students will take a set of core MBA courses plus four electives focused on space entrepreneurship, governmental and commercial space finance, space leadership and the global space domain. Greg Autry, Space Czar and associate provost for space commercialization, joins Good Day Orlando to talk about the MBA.

New tiny world beyond Neptune discovered, giving boost to ‘Planet Nine’ theory

Researchers use the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii to find a small object on the outer edge of the Solar System. Nicknamed “Ammonite," researchers say it could provide more evidence to the hypothetical “Planet Nine" beyond Neptune.