April 2020
Space Florida - gateway to an interstellar future
... Orbital Processing Facilities (OPF) of NASA that were used to turnaround and process the Space Shuttle after landing for subsequent re-flight to space. Space Florida secured a long-term property agreement for the first of these, OPF 1, and invested...
20 April 2016
Satellite company OneWeb announce ambitious plans for world-wide internet coverage
... in this facility, and we look forward to welcoming them as well,” said Frank DiBello, president and CEO of Space Florida. OneWeb and Airbus hope to sell similar small, relatively-inexpensive satellites to other customers after demonstrating the...
22 June 2021
Space Perspective confirms successful test flight
... we can perform tests without a pilot, making Spaceship Neptune an extremely safe way to go to space,” added MacCallum. “Space Florida congratulates Space Perspective on today’s first test flight of its revolutionary spaceballoon capability, and for...
05 May 2021
Dream Chaser cleared for Florida runway landing from 2022
... waiting recipients immediate access to ISS payloads upon landing. Given the LLF’s close proximity to the Kennedy Space Center, Space Florida is ideally placed for SNC’s first orbital vehicle in its Dream Chaser fleet, the Dream Chaser...
October 2018
Radiation study paves way for safe deep space exploration
... protective garment with the Orion capsule at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Radiation threats Crew radiation protection is a design driver...and development support coming from the Space Florida-Israel Innovation Partnership programme. The AstroRad...
