Space

On Tuesday, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, along with Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico aboard a SpaceX Dragon capsule. This otherwise routine mission captured the attention of America — and indeed, the world — as it marked the conclusion of Suni and Butch’s unexpected nine-month stay aboard the International Space Station.

Brevard County's freshman congressman, Republican Mike Haridopolos, has had a busy first few months in Washington. I caught up with Haridopolos late last week, a few days after he hosted a virtual town hall, answering questions from Brevard County residents for about an hour.

Congress began grappling in earnest with the future of NASA’S Artemis program last week amid indications the moon may lose out to Mars under President Trump’s new administration.

The Space Coast’s new representative in the U.S. House, Mike Haridopolos, led the U.S. House Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee in a hearing weighing the rising costs of Artemis’ Space Launch System rocket against the threat of losing to China in a new race to return to the moon.