Morning Notes for Oct. 29: County, Around town

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County

• Orange County Adopts New Safety Rules for E-Bikes and Electric Scooters New ordinance establishes speed limits, safety requirements and penalties. Electric bicycles and scooters are becoming an increasingly common sight throughout Orange County. Whethe (Orange County Government (Florida))

Around town

• 7 Stellar Honorees Earn UCF’s 2026 SpaceU Awards As part of the second UCF Space Week, the honors celebrate individuals and organizations who are advancing development, discovery, exploration, and engagement in the field. (University of Central Florida)
• UCF Engineers Develop Digital Rover Twin to Help Navigate Future NASA Missions UCF researchers are exploring digital-twin technology that could help operators simulate rover movements in real time, with potential applications for future space missions. (University of Central Florida)
• UCF Alum ‘Returns to Earth’ After 378-Day Mars Mission Film production entrepreneur and electrical engineer Matthew Montgomery ’08 ’09MS recounts his experience as part of a four-person crew for NASA’s CHAPEA Mission 2 at Johnson Space (University of Central Florida) Morning Notes is a daily digest of what Horizon West’s public bodies published, linked to the original. Have something for tomorrow’s Notes? Send a news tip.