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Fifty-two years after mankind’s giant leap, a small sprout has taken root lunar soil in a Florida lab symbolizing the blossoming of a new moon era.

A new crew-worthy spacecraft could be docking with the International Space Station in just over a week as NASA and Boeing gave the CST-100 Starliner the OK to launch from the Space Coast.

University of Florida researchers had no idea if anything would grow in moon dirt returned by Apollo 11′s Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Blue Origin is gearing up for what’s becoming business as usual, so much that it’s allowing its first repeat customer.

NASA officials gave an update Thursday on the status of the Artemis I moon rocket launch saying it likely is targeting early- to mid-June before it rolls back out to the launch pad for a wet dress rehearsal at Kennedy Space Center.

SpaceX has plans to knock out two major operations overnight. By Friday morning, the company looks to have welcomed home another four astronauts from the International Space Station splashing down in their Crew Dragon off the coast of Florida, and less than five hours later will attempt to launch a Falcon 9 rocket on a Starlink mission from Kennedy Space Center.

Boeing is set to complete a goal years in the making this month gunning to launch its CST-100 Starliner spacecraft to the International Space Station.

By this time next year, the Space Coast could see the launch of what looks like a mini space shuttle as Sierra Space’s Dream Chaser continues to come into focus.

SpaceX has only launched its Falcon Heavy three times, but it has two more possible launches slated this summer. One of them, NASA’s Pscyhe probe headed for an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter, arrived to Kennedy Space Center this week.

It’s been a busy month for SpaceX, and it could see a record 6th Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station today.