May 8, 2024

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| 7/29/2016

› ULA sends satellite into space from Florida's Space Coast
United Launch Alliance successfully launched a rocket into space Thursday morning for the sixth time this year. The Lockheed Martin-Boeing partnership sent its Atlas V rocket from Florida's Space Coast carrying a satellite for the National Reconnaissance Office.

› JetBlue will be the first commercial airline to fly to Cuba — so far
Low-cost carrier JetBlue announced Thursday it will start flying to Cuba commercially on Aug. 31 — before competitors American Airlines and Silver Airways, which have also announced their departure dates.

› Miami company aims to draw former customers of defunct meal delivery service
Meal delivery service Fit2Go is stepping in to serve former customers of the Fresh Diet, a Miami gourmet food delivery service that closed without notice and is now filing for the Florida-equivalent of bankruptcy.

› Florida Institute Funds Orlando-based Mend VIP
The Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Public Research (the Institute) announced today that it has finalized a funding agreement with Mend VIP, an Orlando-based company with technology developed at the University of Central Florida.

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