St. Petersburg enters the new space race

A lunar-focused startup headquartered in St. Petersburg's Innovation District recently opened its official mission control center, ahead of two scheduled missions to transmit data from the Moon.

Lonestar Data Holdings christened the vital facility after the NASA engineer whose foresight helped save the Apollo 13 lunar landing crew in 1970. Jay F. Honeycutt, 86, made the trek from Cocoa Beach to attend the Dec. 15 ceremony at the Maritime and Defense Technology Hub.

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Every St. Pete Beach city representative will resign

The City of St. Pete Beach is perilously close to not having a functioning government as all four city commissioners intend to leave office before Dec. 30.

Mayor Adrian Petrila will remain on the commission. However, holding government meetings and appointing new members requires a three-person quorum.

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