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Richard Tribou

Richard Tribou, a Senior Content Editor for the Orlando Sentinel's Audience team, reports on the space and cruise industries. He also covers hurricanes, travel and the occasional Florida man story.

Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas begins sailing from Port Canaveral with its newest ship bringing a nonstop party mentality on its 3- and 4-night itineraries that each includes stops at the line's popular private Bahamas island Perfect Day at CocoCay.

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Review: Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas embraces nonstop party from Port Canaveral

July 19, 2024 at 5:16 p.m.

Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas begins sailing from Port Canaveral with its newest ship bringing a nonstop party mentality on its 3- and 4-night itineraries that each includes stops...

The biggest piece of the puzzle to send the first humans on a trip around the moon in more than half a century is on its way to Kennedy Space Center.

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NASA’s Artemis II moon mission rocket core stage on way to KSC

July 20, 2024 at 8:33 a.m.

The biggest piece of the puzzle to send the first humans on a trip around the moon in more than half a century is on its way to Kennedy Space...

SpaceX is looking for a quick return to flying its grounded Falcon 9 rocket while it works on an investigation for the Federal Aviation Administration about a partial failure of its workhorse hardware from a California launch last week.

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SpaceX asks FAA to clear grounded Falcon 9 for launch amid mishap investigation

July 18, 2024 at 7:16 p.m.

SpaceX is looking for a quick return to flying its grounded Falcon 9 rocket while it works on an investigation for the Federal Aviation Administration about a partial failure of its...

NASA and Boeing completed tests on the ground looking to mirror conditions that led to problems with the CST-100 Starliner that still awaits the go to bring home a pair of astronauts from the International Space Station.

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NASA, Boeing complete ground tests on Starliner’s problematic thrusters

July 19, 2024 at 9:02 a.m.

NASA and Boeing completed tests on the ground looking to mirror conditions that led to problems with the CST-100 Starliner that still awaits the go to bring home a pair...

Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas godmother Meghan Trainor brought the bass while Florida brought the heat for the new massive cruise ship’s naming ceremony on Monday.

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Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas gets celebrity treatment with naming ceremony

July 17, 2024 at 6:01 p.m.

Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas godmother Meghan Trainor brought the bass while Florida brought the heat for the new massive cruise ship’s naming ceremony on Monday.

Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Disney and MSC Cruises may be competitors, but leaders from the cruise lines came together on board Royal's newest cruise ship Utopia of the Seas this weekend to solve the collective problem of reducing carbon emissions.

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Cruise leaders tackle carbon conundrum on board Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas

July 16, 2024 at 2:48 p.m.

Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Disney and MSC Cruises may be competitors, but leaders from the cruise lines came together on board Royal's newest cruise ship Utopia of the Seas this weekend...

Port Canaveral welcomed the largest cruise ship to ever call it home as Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas arrived on Thursday morning.

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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas arrives to Port Canaveral

July 12, 2024 at 2:47 p.m.

Port Canaveral welcomed the largest cruise ship to ever call it home as Royal Caribbean's Utopia of the Seas arrived on Thursday morning.

While Florida will get higher chances of related rain and thunderstorms Thursday, a low pressure system off the coast has little chance of developing into a tropical depression, according to the National Hurricane Center.

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Hurricane center gives near zero chance for system off Florida coast to develop

July 11, 2024 at 8:25 p.m.

While Florida will get higher chances of related rain and thunderstorms Thursday, a low pressure system off the coast has little chance of developing into a tropical depression, according to...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke with media for the first time since arriving at the International Space Station on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner last month as they await more tests on the vehicle that suffered thruster and leak issues after launch.

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Boeing’s Starliner astronauts put ‘trust’ in decision makers before return to Earth

July 10, 2024 at 4:37 p.m.

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams spoke with media for the first time since arriving at the International Space Station on Boeing's CST-100 Starliner last month as they await...

The National Hurricane Center began tracking a system expected to bring extended lightning storms to Florida as drifts up the coast.

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Hurricane center tracks system off coast forecast to dump rain on Central Florida

July 10, 2024 at 8:41 p.m.

The National Hurricane Center began tracking a system expected to bring extended lightning storms to Florida as drifts up the coast.

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