April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... more than five decades, in 2004 an underlying unease descended on the space ecosystem across the State of Florida, and particularly Florida’s Space Coast, after it was announced that the high-profile US Space Shuttle programme was to be terminated...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
..., including $36 million in the plant itself. The plant will qualify for $17.5 million in matching funds from the Florida Department of Transportation for the construction phase. “This is not only an advanced manufacturing facility for the company...
09 November 2020
More woe for Arecibo as a second cable breaks causing more damage
... is complete…And the safety plan can’t be completed without the structural analysis,” advised the University of Central Florida (UCF), who along with Universidad Ana G. Méndez and Yang Enterprises Inc. operate the observatory under...
12 August 2020
Arecibo Observatory damaged by broken cable
... partially wrecked facility, said managers of the Puerto Rican landmark, who are based at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. “We have a team of experts assessing the situation,” says Francisco Cordova, the director of the observatory. “Our...
19 February 2018
TESS arrives in Florida ahead of its April launch
... Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has arrived in Florida to begin preparations for its launch in April. TESS...science mission to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Florida and although the launch was originally scheduled for March, it...
05 May 2021
Dream Chaser cleared for Florida runway landing from 2022
... spaceplane, a cargo spacecraft whose design is reminiscent of NASA’s space shuttle Orbiter vehicle, is to begin launching and landing in Florida in 2022, the company announced Tuesday. The deal, which will see Dream Chaser service the International...
