March 18, 2026
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Here comes the sun
Let’s be honest. There are very few of us who, at one time or another, did not boast to our friends and family in northern climes about how benign our winter weather always proved to be.
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Let’s be honest. There are very few of us who, at one time or another, did not boast to our friends and family in northern climes about how benign our winter weather always proved to be.
As the holidays approach, the Space Coast once again reveals its best qualities — compassion, creativity, and connection. This season, our community shines not just with twinkling lights and festive décor, but with the warmth of people coming together to lift one another, celebrate traditions and create lasting memories.
The kids are back in the classroom. Summer vacations are photos and memories. The thermometer — and the utility bill — are inching down. Say hello to fall along the Space Coast, the perfect time to discover, or rediscover, the many little treasures that make Brevard such a treasure.
Maybe it’s the air, or the water or the weather, but the Space Coast seems to nurture those who favor the road less taken, those individualists willing and eager to carve their own paths.
The 72 miles of seashore we call the Space Coast have attracted folks searching for a better way of life for a long, long time. They were here before the Renaissance, the Dark Ages and the Roman Empire. When King Tut was but a toddler, this area was already home to many, as readers of Space Coast Living’s Spring issue will discover.
Life is grand along the Space Coast, as Basenji hounds, Apollo and Artemis, know. The winter issue of Space Coast Living features a look at Brevard County amenities from a dog’s eye view — from Apollo’s and Artemis’ favorite dog treat bakery to space-themed rooms at a local pet resort to a mobile doggie gym that visits pets in their homes, gets them off the couch and helps them shed a few pounds.
Does anyone know what happened to 2024? Wasn’t Easter a month ago and weren’t we celebrating Independence Day just a few weeks back? Why are those big box stores hawking Christmas trees and those giant holiday inflatables making their appearance so soon?
Historic Cocoa Village Playhouse and Pritchard House, two very interesting “ladies” featured in this issue, could be poster girls for aging gracefully.
When I was a senior in high school in 1977, Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville came out that February, reaching No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 list.
Florida is a state of newcomers and many of our recent arrivals don’t realize how historical the state is, probably through no fault of their own. That’s because most school children are taught about the establishment of Jamestown in 1607 or the arrival of the pilgrims in Plymouth in 1620. But little time is spent — if any at all — on the founding and settlement, much earlier, of St. Augustine in 1565.
It’s hard to avoid space and aeronautics topics in a magazine based on the Space Coast.
So even though this isn’t our annual aviation and space issue, we have two stories of interest to readers interested in space and aviation.
Only the best for the Space Coast Welcome to the Best of the Space Coast issue of the best magazine in Florida, as declared in August by the Florida Magazine Association, which named us the best magazine in our…
For the uninitiated, celebrating Christmas in Florida is a lot different than celebrating it in northern climes.
Instead of sleigh rides and strolls through snow-covered villages, we have things like boat parades and surfing Santas.
In case you haven’t heard, the magazine you are holding in your hands — or reading online — has been named best overall magazine in its class in the state of Florida.
The Florida Magazine Association bestowed the award to Space Coast Living in August at its annual Charlie Awards dinner highlighting the best in magazine publishing. Our annual welcome, relocation and tourist guide, Discover the Space Coast, was also named best tourism publication in Florida in its class.
It began with a bold idea.
Speaking before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced the ambitious goal of sending an American to the moon by the end of the decade. The announcement came just six weeks after Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space and four years after the Soviet Union shocked and embarrassed the United States by launching Sputnik, the Earth’s first artificial satellite.