Jon Shaban 🏪📺🎥🎤

Photojournalist covering stories on Florida's Space Coast for Spectrum News 13 (Orlando)

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LAUNCH AND LANDING

SpaceX successfully launched the NASA CRS-34 mission, sending the Dragon cargo spacecraft with more than 6,500 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and hardware to the ISS. Dragon will dock with the orbiting lab on Sunday, May 17, around 7:00 a.m. ET.

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Crash involving a FedEx truck on I-95 in Brevard County is causing major delays in rainy conditions, with traffic backed up an estimated 2–3 miles.

The crash is on northbound I-95 before MM 183/SR-518, where the two left lanes are currently blocked.

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@ScannerBrevard This turned out just to be a medical call

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Palm Bay Fire Rescue and Florida Forest Service crews are back on scene of a fire that rekindled along Madden Ave and Olivia St in SW Palm Bay.

A precautionary evacuation has been issued for nearby residents as crews work to contain the fire and prevent further spread.

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@WeatherManSeek @ScannerBrevard @NationalWldfire Fire quickly knocked down. Units putting out hotspots with Florida Forestry cutting a fire line.

Olivia St.

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Brevard County Sheriff’s Aviation unit is heading to The Compound for water dump operations.

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Multiple fires burning in Palm Bay’s Compound, located in the southwest section of the City.

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DIAMOND BACK FIRE

Florida Forestry responding to eastern Orange County for a #brushfire in the Seminole Ranch Wildlife Management Area along the St. Johns River.

As of 5:07 p.m., the fire has grown to 300 acres and remains 0% contained.

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SUNFLOWER FIRE UPDATE

As of 3:35pm, 100% contained, burning 4 acres.

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@flimpct Fire now contained. Burning only 4 acres.

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The Brevard County Sheriff’s Aviation Unit is conducting water drops as two ladder trucks spray into the woods. Meanwhile, Florida Forestry crews are working to establish fire lines throughout the area.

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#Brushfire is burning in the woods behind the Habitat for Humanity location off Babcock in Palm Bay.

Crews from Palm Bay Fire Rescue, Brevard County and the Florida Forest Service are on scene working to contain the fire.

NB lanes of Babcock are shutdown, north of Palm Bay Rd.

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@RickAddante @LightMemoirs @ScannerBrevard Looks to be a 35 acre RX burn.

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While assisting a disabled vehicle on I-95 in Brevard County, Trooper Wolff found this baby opossum after it was accidentally dropped from its mom. This little opossum was safely transported to a wildlife rehab center. 💙 #BrevardCounty #Trooper #FHP

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@JeanneO21379862 You’re in luck. @johnkrausphotos created a jellyfish predictor. There’s always next time

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Timelapse of this morning’s Falcon 9 launch shows exhaust plumes glowing in the pre-dawn sky. Called a “space jellyfish” or noctilucent clouds, it occurs near sunrise or sunset, when sunlight at high altitude lights the rocket exhaust while the ground is dark, creating the glow.

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Thank you for your service, and welcome to Florida!

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A U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules from Minneapolis performed touch-and-go landings and low passes at Melbourne Orlando International Airport before landing.

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@sally_12grands @NWSTampaBay SpaceX Starlink 10-40 mission.
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This morning’s 5:52 a.m. Falcon 9 launch revealed the atmospheric “jellyfish” effect. Also called a “space jellyfish” or noctilucent clouds, it occurs near sunrise or sunset, when high-altitude sunlight lights the rocket exhaust while the ground is dark, creating the glow.