Good morning, Melbourne.

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy carrying NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will launch tomorrow at 7:26 a.m. ET from Pad 39A + Kennedy Space Center, and sonic booms may be heard from Jacksonville Beach to West Palm Beach.

Blue Origin plans to build a 125,000 sqft payload processing facility (costing $160M) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

The project will create 23 jobs with average salaries of $115,000 and may get $2.5M in matching grant funding from Space Florida.

On Aug. 25, a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Launch Complex 40 produced a jellyfish effect that lit the sunrise over the coast.

Photographer Malcolm Denemark captured the scene from Minutemen Causeway — his lookout — and the booster reached Port Canaveral on Aug. 27, ending local Starlink missions.

Florida's minimum wage for non-tipped employees will rise to $15 an hour on Sept.

30, 2026 because of a voter-approved constitutional amendment, and after that annual inflation adjustments by the state Agency for Workforce Innovation will set future wages (linking pay to rising living costs).

WeatherTiger reports that Tropical Storm Dolly faded to a tropical wave near the Lesser Antilles — models indicate a slim chance it could redevelop in the western Atlantic next week, though experts expect little threat to Florida.

Health First hosted its Heart to Heart event at Banyan Estates in Malabar — more than 75 residents asked heart health questions directly to local specialists.

The free 90 minute session featured a heart healthy lunch and refreshments — a follow-up event is planned for February.

Merritt Island beat Melbourne 35-7 in a football game where Kevin Verpaele recorded three rushing touchdowns and Zaylan Chapple added two.

The matchup offered local fans exciting play — a sign of competitive spirit on the field.