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Visual journalist @Florida_Today, part of the @USATODAY Network. Rocket chaser. College football (GO GATORS) fan. My views are my own. Instagram crbphoto1📷

Orlando area, FL
Joined February 2012
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And we’re here waiting to see them!
Today, we’re excited to welcome @POTUS to @NASAKennedy as we begin building a global stage worthy of America’s leadership in aerospace. CAPEWEEK will be a great American gathering for the people and technologies shaping the future of aerospace, bringing together builders, operators, entrepreneurs, engineers, pilots, investors, explorers, and hundreds of thousands of members of the public. There is no better stage for this than Kennedy Space Center and the runway that welcomed the Space Shuttle home. This is where America can show the world what we are building next.
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interal update to employees from Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp on New Glenn's return to flight, pushing the launch date to Jan 2027
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Our new booster engine, Northstar, was built from the ground up by a scrappy team focused on weight, cost, manufacturability, and performance. More than 65% of the engine is additively manufactured using our in-house 3D printing capability. Northstar can be assembled in less than a day and produces 715,000 pounds of thrust.
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11/3/26 9:15 PM | As floodwaters recede, stay off the roads and out of the water. 🚗Never drive through flooded roadways. Turn around and find another route.
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Went off-roading yesterday. The four-million-pound launch bridge is being driven back into position today by self-propelled motorized transporters (SPMT). We placed dirt in the flame trench to provide a ramp for the SPMTs to gently set the bridge atop it.
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It’s time for SSAA football! Satellite hosts Lemon Bay in Thursday night action! Pictures and video later at 321preps. com
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Actor Sir Patrick Stewart was both Captain Jean-Luc Picard & Professor X. RIP to a Legend!!
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Congratulations to the Viera Hawks, Class 5A Region 2 volleyball champions! They defeated the Gateway Panthers in a five set thriller. You should’ve been here! @FHSAA @321preps
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At Gateway High School for tonight’s Class 5A Regional volleyball championship match between the Panthers and the Hawks. Winner gets a spot in the state final four. Good luck to both teams! @321preps @FHSAA
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We’re going….
The core stage of the Artemis III rocket is officially stacked.
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Ship 42 static fires complete. The Starship preparing for Flight 15 performed a full duration, six-engine static fire, and fired a single Raptor engine to simulate a deorbit burn
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And so the end of the year crunch is on. The next two months will be busy!
Leo Vulcan 1 (LV-01) update: Our first mission on @ulalaunch's Vulcan rocket is set for Friday, Nov. 13, pending range approval. All 40 Leo satellites—our largest payload to date—have been integrated with Vulcan inside Amazon's vertical integration facility (VIF-A) at the Cape, and teams are working through final processing ahead of launch from SLC-41. Follow along with upcoming Leo missions: spr.ly/6015BHly5U
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Final four bound! Congratulations to the Class 3A Region 2 volleyball champion Merritt Island Mustangs! They defeated Academy of the Holy Names 3-0 for a spot in the state championship round
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Never seen that happen before…
Space freighters. Scenes from this morning at the Kennedy Space Center turn basin, where NASA’s Pegasus and SpaceX’s Marmac 31 "You’ll Thank Me Later" barges are docked. This is the first occasion they've been seen together in such close proximity, offering a rare opportunity to witness two vessels purpose-built to transport large spaceflight hardware. 📸 - @NASASpaceflight nsf.live/spacecoast
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This one hurts. Walter was a kind, humble and loving man…and a friend. He will be missed by so many. My dad is joined with his friend in heaven.
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We are not slowing down. 🚀 Our Artemis III mission will send four astronauts to low Earth orbit next year to test critical systems needed for future lunar landings go.nasa.gov/4jzartX and we’re accelerating efforts to ensure the success of Artemis IV, the first Artemis mission on the lunar surface go.nasa.gov/4zV3TLc.
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