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Cocoa Beach, Florida. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Brevard. Associated ZIP codes: 32931, 32932.
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The Falcon 9 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, "carrying more than 6,300 pounds of supplies and hardware" on a delivery run to the International Space...
The SpaceX CRS-35 cargo mission to resupply the International Space Station passes over the Capitol on Tuesday. The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Cape Cana...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida >> A SpaceX rocket lifted off from Florida on Thursday with a crew of two U.S. astronauts, a Canadian astronaut and a Russian cosmona...
Florida weather was dicey all morning, but cleared enough to let SpaceX and NASA launch the Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station.
The Space Coast saw its first launch of September, a sign of the times as SpaceX limits Florida launches while preparing to get Starship up and running.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida >> NASA began a new mission to probe some of the biggest mysteries in astrophysics and cosmology with the launch on Sunday of the U.S...
A nonprofit wildlife hospital on the Space Coast has been treating an osprey that was found suffering from burns at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
NASA’s $4.3 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has risen from its horizontal slumber at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, ahead of it...
SpaceX successfully launched the Falcon 9 for the Starfall Demo mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Tuesday morning.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CNN) — A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket experienced an anomaly during a ground test known as a hotfire Thursday, the company shared on...
Learn more about the Blue Origin New Glenn rocket that exploded at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
After a New Glenn rocket exploded Thursday in Cape Canaveral, officials are warning of debris in the surrounding waters.
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The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
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Cocoa Beach is in Brevard County, Florida.
Region: Central Florida
32931, 32932
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The craft brewery’s closure aligns with an increasing trend of similar taproom closures throughout Tampa Bay.
Republicans on Tuesday night swept the races for attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner.
This iconic Florida critter appears to have swallowed an Xbox just a couple of weeks before the release of GTA 6.
Cocoa Beach's development depended on making a barrier-island settlement easier to reach and service. A bridge project began in 1920 and was completed in 1922, before the town was established on June 5, 1925. Developer Gus Edwards promoted the beach community during that decade. Electricity arrived in 1925, while water lines followed in 1947. These infrastructure dates show how a recognizable town emerged gradually rather than appearing fully formed with the space program.
The distinction between town and city also matters: the municipality became a city in 1957. By then, nearby military and missile-testing activity was already changing housing demand and employment. NASA and the expansion of spaceflight intensified that process during the following years, drawing workers and visitors into the beachside community. The municipal history also describes the other side of that connection. Reductions in space-program employment from 1969 into the mid-1970s affected Cocoa Beach after the rapid-growth years. Its identity was shaped by changing federal investment as well as by surf, tourism and the shoreline. Reading the city's infrastructure timeline beside its longer twentieth-century history gives a fuller picture of the place: an early resort-town project that became closely connected to national aerospace activity, while remaining distinct from mainland Cocoa. Sources City of Cocoa Beach: History at a Glance City of Cocoa Beach: The Years 1920-1980
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