Rachael Joy, Florida Today

Rachael Joy

Florida Today

Santa Monica, CA, United States

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  • Florida Today
  • Tallahassee Democrat
  • USA TODAY
  • Burlington TimesNews
  • TCPalm
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  • Ocala Star-Banner
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Past articles by Rachael:

In milestone mission, Virgin Orbit launches first commercial satellites to space

Virgin Orbit "air-launched" seven satellites to space for its first operational flight. → Read More

NASA names a woman to lead Kennedy Space Center for the first time

Janet Petro will be the first female director of Kennedy Space Center in its nearly 60 year history. She replaces Bob Cabana who ran KSC for 13 years. → Read More

Boeing sending Florida A&M pennant to space to promote diversity in aerospace

Flags, pennants and other items representing 14 historically black colleges and universities will be part of the cargo onboard the Starliner uncrewed test flight set for July. → Read More

Traffic shut down briefly on A1A in Cocoa Beach after car crashes into fire hydrant

Traffic was shut down in both directions Thursday morning about 8 a.m. after a car plowed over a fire hydrant → Read More

Space debris damages Canadarm2 on space station

A piece of space debris recently struck the Canadarm2 on the International Space Station leaving a small hole. → Read More

GM wants to build an all-electric moon buggy for future NASA moon missions

The two companies are partnering to develop an electric vehicle that can operate under harsh lunar conditions. → Read More

The 45th Space Wing's new name reflects Space Force status

The new branch has adopted "delta" both as the shape of its logo and the name of its basic operational units. → Read More

Boeing's Starliner 2nd orbital flight test moved up to July

After several date changes, Boeing and NASA are targeting 2:53 p.m. on Friday, July 30 for 2nd uncrewed orbital flight test. → Read More

Nelson sworn in as NASA administrator

Bill Nelson was sworn in Monday morning as the NASA Administrator by Vice President Kamala Harris. → Read More

SpaceX to attempt rare nighttime splashdown of Crew Dragon

SpaceX targeting pre-dawn landing of Crew Dragon in the Gulf of Mexico. If successful, it will the first nighttime splashdown in over 50 years. → Read More

Final piece of massive moon rocket arrives at KSC

The core stage of NASA's Space Launch System arrives at KSC for uncrewed test flight as soon as later this year. → Read More

SpaceX Dragon splashdown pushed to Saturday

NASA and SpaceX are now targeting a return to Earth at 11:36 a.m. Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Florida. → Read More

SpaceX set for busy day of Starlink launch and Crew Dragon splashdown

Weather conditions look favorable for the launch of a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral early Wednesday, but the day's work won't end there for SpaceX as astronauts are slated to return to Earth just twelve hours later. → Read More

Bill Nelson to testify at Senate confirmation hearing for NASA top job

Bill Nelson's confirmation hearing is set for Wednesday morning before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on which he served for many years. → Read More

Boeing Starliner orbital flight test re-do pushes to late summer or Fall

Boeing says it'll be mission ready in May to go for a second orbital flight test of Starliner but squeezing into the busy space schedule is a challenge. → Read More

NASA releases 'hi-res' video of Ingenuity helicopter making historic flight on Mars

On Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. → Read More

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter makes history flying on another planet

On Monday, NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter became the first aircraft in history to make a powered, controlled flight on another planet. → Read More

SpaceX wins contract to build spacecraft to land humans on the moon

SpaceX wins contract for spacecraft to land humans on moon for the first time since Apollo. → Read More

Employment and investment in private U.S. space industry on the rise

Despite downturn in many sectors of the economy due to COVID-19, the U.S. private space industry is experiencing historic growth. → Read More

NASA's Mars helicopter not quite ready for first flight on another planet

Engineers discovered a software issue during a pre-flight test of NASA's Mars helicopter Ingenuity. → Read More