![State Fight: Shoring up Florida’s Space Coast]()
The Sunshine State’s efforts to lure commercial space ventures began well before the sun set on the Space Shuttle era.
![Florida needs to do more to build a space workforce, head of Space Florida says]()
Frank DiBello said a shortage of trained workers could become the "Achilles' heel" in the state's efforts to attract space companies.
![Q&A with Frank DiBello: Serving Industry and State]()
Frank DiBello both leads Space Florida, the state’s space development agency, and supports the broader commercial space industry as chairman of the board of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation (CSF), an industry group with more than 60 member organizations.
![Clinton-era Deep Space Climate Observatory Ships to Florida Launch Site, Finally]()
DSCOVR arrived in Florida Nov. 20 for integration with the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch it Jan. 23.
![Florida Lawmakers OK $42.5 Million for Space Projects]()
Plans include revamping the space shuttle’s runway and landing facilities at the Kennedy Space Center for commercial users.
Two space experiments that won a ride to the ISS in a competition hosted by Space Florida are set to launch as part of SpaceX’s third paid cargo run to the outpost.
![Florida To Invest $500,000 in NanoRacks]()
Space Florida will invest up to $500,000 in NanoRacks LLC, an in-space commercial services provider that next month will fly its first cubesat launcher to the station.
![Florida’s Congressional Delegation Backs NASA’s Plan to Lease Old Shuttle Pad]()
The lawmakers join forces two weeks after Blue Origin protested NASA’s approach for leasing the launch complex at Kennedy Space Center.
![3rd AEHF Satellite Lands in Florida for September Launch]()
The Advanced Extremely High Frequency-3 satellite arrived from Sunnyvale, Calif., July 10.
![NASA Picks Space Florida To Take Over Shuttle Runway]()
Florida is expanding its footprint at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, which is shedding excess shuttle-era facilities in an attempt to cut costs and remake itself into a hybrid spaceport supporting civilian government, military and commercial programs.
![NASA Efforts To Revamp KSC Get $20 Million Boost from Florida]()
In its quest to downsize the KSC, NASA has found a friend in Florida, which intends to spend $20 million over the next year to help shift shuttle-era facilities into private sector hands.
![Resignation of Lt. Gov. in Illegal Gambling Probe Makes Waves for Space Florida]()
Space Florida chairmanship goes to governor following abrupt resignation.
![Florida, NASA Wrangling over Spaceport Real Estate]()
Florida is looking at alternatives to create a commercial launch complex for customers like SpaceX.
An experimental NASA lunar lander crashed Aug. 9 during its first free-flight test, erupting in a ball of flame after it hit the ground.
Space Florida, the state-backed aerospace development agency, is requesting NASA transfer 60 hectares of land north of the space shuttles’ launch pads for possible development of a new commercial launch site.
Space Florida, the state’s arm for aerospace-related economic development, said Sept. 24 that it had closed on a $62.5 million credit facility with Bank of America to support construction of the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Visitor Complex.
![Florida Taking Steps To Carve Commercial Spaceport out of KSC]()
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Florida unveiled a multifaceted legal and regulatory strategy for acquiring selected Kennedy Space Center (KSC) lands and facilities no longer needed by NASA to create Cape Canaveral Spaceport, a proposed commercial state-owned complex.
Space Florida, a state-backed economic development agency, said Sept. 5 that it will cover the cost of flying eight competitively selected research payloads to the international space station (ISS).
![XCOR Aerospace To Build, Fly Suborbital Ships in Florida]()
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Lured by more than $5.7 million in state and local economic incentives and a skilled work force looking for jobs following the retirement of the space shuttles, XCOR Aerospace plans to manufacture and fly Lynx suborbital vehicles from the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) here.
Fresh off an announcement of a research and development center in Texas for future spaceplane projects, California-based XCOR Aerospace won $182,000 worth of economic incentives for a manufacturing and operations center at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
