NASA releases first-ever video of rover landing on Mars

New video from NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover shows the final minutes of its entry, descent, and landing on the Red Planet on February 18, 2021.

29-year-old bone cancer survivor chosen to join billionaire on SpaceX flight

Hayley Arceneaux will become the youngest American in space when SpaceX’s first private flight launches this fall - and the first with a prosthesis.

Fishing Report: Feb. 19, 2021

Every Friday morning, Captain Dylan Hubbard of Hubbard's Marina joins Good Day to fill viewers in on his fishing forecast as we head into the weekend. Here is his fishing report for Feb. 19, 2021.

Touchdown confirmed! NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars

After successfully landing on Mars, NASA’s Perseverance rover will go on to search for signs of ancient life on the red planet.

NASA's Perseverance rover lands on Mars to look for signs of ancient life

NASA’s Perseverance rover, the biggest, most advanced rover to date, has landed on Mars in a mission to search for signs of ancient life on the red planet.

More than 4,500 cold-stunned sea turtles rescued from frigid Texas waters

Volunteers in South Texas raced to save roughly 4,500 cold-stunned sea turtles this week threatened by severe winter weather, and SpaceX stepped in to help in the rescue effort.

NASA prepares for tricky Mars landing on Thursday

Almost 50 years after the first casualty at Mars, NASA is attempting its hardest Martian touchdown yet.

Future of NASA's Artemis program in limbo

In 2020, space missions took off. By 2024, the Trump administration had planned to put boots on the moon for the first time in more than half a century. 

USF student-built satellites launched into orbit by SpaceX

A recent SpaceX launch took three satellites built by University of South Florida students to space on a communications mission.

UF vets pull shoe from gut of 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile

Staff at the University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine took on the task of removing a shoe from the gut of a 10.5-foot, 341-pound Nile crocodile, named Anuket.

FWC looking for tips regarding scalped pelicans near Skyway pier

Rescue groups say someone is deliberately scalping pelicans by the Skyway fishing pier, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating the crime.

Eaglet rehabilitated, re-nested after great horned owl attack

A bald eagle chick was saved, rehabilitated, and re-nested after being attacked by a great horned owl on Anclote Key, thanks to the work of volunteers with the Audobon Center for Birds of Prey and the Raptor Center of Tampa Bay. 

Endangered baby right whale found dead on Florida beach

“This is a very sad event,” said Blair Mase, a whale expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Fishing Report: Feb. 12, 2021

Every Friday morning, Captain Dylan Hubbard of Hubbard's Marina joins Good Day to fill viewers in on his fishing forecast as we head into the weekend.