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Space Coast Mardi Gras

Written by BrevardCounty.com | 22 February 2010

mardi-gras_13 Space Coast Mardi Gras now includes four days of family fun in beautiful historic downtown Cocoa Village and Riverfront Park to celebrate the true meaning and celebration of the Mardi Gras season.

The event will feature four days of family fun with a major carnival by Schweers Midways including free concerts, all situated along the picturesque Cocoa Riverfront Park.

The Riverfront Park Amphitheatre will feature free entertainment all week.

The Central Brevard Humane Society will present "Paws in the Park" on Sunday at 1 p.m. featuring all kinds of pet contests and fun activities in Riverfront Park, including educational rescue group booths, animal-related vendors, pet contests and live entertainment. Also, come see who will be crowned King and Queen Dogs of Mardi Gras and a demonstration from the Brevard Sheriff Department’s Paws and Stripes Cadets. For more information and to enter your pet call 321-636-3343.

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Spotted Sprinters Come to the Zoo

Written by BrevardCounty.com | 15 February 2010

BBUX2 The Brevard Zoo welcomed two new female cheetahs to the zoo on Saturday, February 13. The cheetahs are on loan from White Oak Conservation Center in Yulee, Florida. Their new home will be next to the white rhino exhibit.

Visitors will be able to walk out on a platform above the cheetah exhibit, to look out and down below at them. Below the platform an interactive play area for children will teach more about the fascinating animals.

A permanent exhibit about cheetahs will also open next to the kayak beach area in Expedition Africa.

Brevard Zoo is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Adults $12.50, seniors $11.50, children ages 2 to 12 $9.50, under 2 free

Photo by: Bert Buxbaum, The Living Desert

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Skydive Sebastian an ‘out of this world’ experience

Written by Zachary Field | 29 January 2010

skydive For the ultimate eye-popping, heart-stopping, pulse-throbbing experience over the Space Coast, Skydive Sebastian offers thrill seekers the most extreme adrenalin rush under the sun. Just a hop, skip, and a “jump” away from downtown Melbourne, the company has put thousands of new skydivers in the air with tandem and accelerated freefall courses since its opening in 1984.

First-timers climb to a nerve-racking 13,500 feet and are then launched into a 60-second tandem freefall. Rocketing towards the earth at over 120 miles per hour, skydivers get spectacular views of the Sebastian Inlet and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Space Coast Shuttle Launches

Written by BrevardCounty.com | 13 January 2010

shuttle Date: Feb. 7 +
Mission: STS-130 http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts130/index.html
Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour Launch Site: Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A Launch Time: 4:39 a.m. EST
Description: Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the final connecting node, Tranquility Node 3, and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center that provides a 360-degree view around the International Space Station.

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Space Coast Shuttle Launches

Written by BrevardCounty.com | 13 January 2010

shuttle Don't miss the opportunity to see the final launches of the space shuttle, including the opportunity to see the very last 'nighttime' launch. Read all about each launch and mission.

Date: Feb. 7
Mission: STS-130

Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle Endeavour

Time: 4:39 a.m.
Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver the final connecting node, Tranquility Node 3, and the Cupola, a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center that provides a 360-degree view around the International Space Station.

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