Among the Florida plants sent were rare native orchid seeds, such as the night-scented orchid, which grows only in hammocks and swamps, and the Jingle Bell orchid, closely related to the ghost orchid.

Liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 of Amazon Project Kuiper spacecraft is scheduled for 10:01 a.m. ET today (Aug. 7).

SpaceX was not one of Amazon’s original choices to fly up its Project Kuiper broadband internet satellites, but Elon Musk’s ...