Melbourne-based L3Harris acquired the vast rocket engine company Aerojet Rocketdyne in 2023, but on Monday announced it was selling a controlling interest in the majority of those operations to private investment firm AE Industrial Partners.

After clouds and rainy weather rolled through the Cape, skies cleared and a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket leaped off the launch pad - sounding off Florida's first rocket launch of 2026.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Space Coast's first launch of the year could come at midnight Sunday, the first of what could be four launches in the next 10 days, all from SpaceX.