Celestis provides burials at space
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A company called Celestis works with SpaceX to send people's ashes up in space aboard rockets.

Mars rover landing Thursday afternoon.
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NASA's Perseverance Rover, launched into deep space from the Kennedy Space Center last July, will land on Mars on Thursday afternoon.

Future of NASA's Artemis program in limbo

In 2020, space missions took off. By 2024, the Trump administration had planned to put boots on the moon for the first time in more than half a century. 

SpaceX launches Falcon 9 but loses first stage booster at sea

SpaceX successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket into orbit on Monday, carrying with it more Starlink satellites; however, the first stage of the rocket crashed into the Atlantic Ocean and missed its intended target, the drone ship "Of Course, I Still Love You."

Perseverance nearing Mars
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The country is watching as the Mars Rover Perseverance makes it way to Mars. That rover is looking for proof that there was once life on the Red Planet. It's piggybacking off the rovers that have visited before and paving the way for future missions.

Future of the Moon race
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New leadership in our nation's capital means some big changes, but it's still unclear what that means for NASA. The space agency NASA has a big plan to send humans back to the Moon.

UF vets pull shoe from gut of 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile

Staff at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine took on the task of removing a shoe from the gut of a 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile, named Anuket.

FWC looking for tips regarding scalped pelicans near Skyway pier

Rescue groups say someone is deliberately scalping pelicans by the Skyway fishing pier, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the crime.

New whale species discovered
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Researchers have discovered a new species of whale that lives in the Gulf of Mexico.

NASA's 'Perseverance' rover is set to land on Mars Thursday

On Thursday, a 292 million-mile journey will come to an end as NASA's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover is set to land on the Red Planet.

Endangered baby right whale found dead on Florida beach

“This is a very sad event,” said Blair Mase, a whale expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

ULA Centaur booster arrives in Cape Canaveral

A massive Vulcan Centaur rocket booster arrived in Cape Canaveral, Saturday morning. United Launch Alliance (ULA) said the huge booster is the future of their launches into space.

UCF Professor creates battery powered by seawater

Researchers connect the ends of a mechanical device and a fan starts to spin. The simple setup demonstrates the potential of a new kind of battery - one powered by seawater.

FWC biologists respond after rare harbor seal spotted on Florida beach

Biologists responded to a north Florida beach this week after a harbor seal, which is not a native resident of the Sunshine State, was spotted resting on the shore.

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launch planned for 12:25 a.m. Friday

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch early Friday morning, carrying with it another batch of approximately 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L19.

Multiple Mars missions planned for this month
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Three space missions are converging on Mars this month. The United States, China, and the United Arab Emirates are all sending spacecraft into the Red Planet's orbit.

Great white shark count up significantly in Monterey Bay

The study found younger great white sharks that are between 5 and 9 feet long and traditionally concentrated in warm waters off northern Mexico and Southern California have moved north since 2014 as water temperatures have warmed.

China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft enters Mars' orbit one day after Arab ship arrives

China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered orbit around Mars on a mission to land a rover and collect data on underground water and possible signs of ancient life.

Zolfo Springs cousins wrangle 300-pound, 16-foot Burmese python on family property

Aaron Brown was driving when he spotted something on his family's property that required a second look. It turned out to be a 16-foot Burmese python with 100 eggs inside.