The university’s critical contribution allows the Vera C. Rubin Observatory to fulfill its mission as a high-tech research tool that is revolutionizing how we explore worlds beyond our own.

A pivotal moment in American and Brevard County history unfolded as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law.

The British-made De Havilland DH106 1A Comet became the first scheduled passenger jet plane in 1952, but vanished from the ...