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Brendan Byrne
Assistant News Director & 'Are We There Yet?' HostBrendan Byrne is Central Florida Public Media's Assistant News Director, managing the day-to-day operations of the newsroom, editing daily news stories, and managing the organization's internship program.
He also covers space news for Central Florida Public Media, everything from rocket launches to the latest scientific discoveries in our universe. He hosts the weekly radio show and podcast "Are We There Yet?" which explores human space exploration, and Central Florida Public Media's "The Wrap," a weekly news roundup podcast. He is a frequent contributor to NPR's national programs.
Byrne began his career at Central Florida Public Media as a college intern and has held producer and reporter positions during his decade-long tenure at the station. He is pursuing a graduate degree in communication from the University of Central Florida.
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Researchers are trying to make a spacesuit that can recycle urine into clean drinking water for astronauts and curiosity accidentally discovered pure sulfur on Mars.
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Elder fraud costs older people billions of dollars in the U.S. and is hitting seniors in Central Florida hard, too. So the Volusia County Sheriff's Office seized on the comedy "Thelma" about a 93-year-old grandma who was scammed as a lighthearted way to raise awareness.
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The general election is November 5. Here are some more dates you should know about.
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After a new state law, vote-by-mail request before December 2022 have expired. To participate by mail in this election, you’ll need to make a new request.
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A new James Webb Space Telescope image of two galaxies in a cosmic dance was released for the telescope’s two-year anniversary of science operations. SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket malfunction resulted in satellites burning up in Earth’s atmosphere, and the rocket grounded.
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The Florida Senator is asking for answers into how the shooting happened and what’s being done to prevent future attempts.
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Millions of dollars in state funding is coming down the pipeline to control the spread of invasive aquatic plants, like hydrilla, in Central Florida lakes.
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From the OSIRIS-REx mission, phosphate was found in a sample from the asteroid Bennu, a necessary building block for life to exist here on Earth. Then, as NASA grapples with aging space suits on the International Space Station, efforts to build the next generation of space suits hit a major snag.
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Local health experts are expanding the ways in which they treat the growing body of stroke patients. At AdventHealth Central Florida, that includes music.
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The fourth and final satellite of the GOES-R weather satellite constellation is one step closer to tracking weather from space like never before. Plus, after a year of lost communication, Voyager 1 is back online after engineers delivered a fix 15 million miles away from Earth.