Jacksonville Spaceport: The sky’s not the limit anymore
A space plane similar to what could soon be flying from Cecil Field The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday gave Jacksonville’s Cecil Field a license to operate as a spaceport from where...
View ArticleCommercial Space to add 1,700 Florida jobs but figure may be high
SpaceX' Falcon 9 rocket could play key role in commercial human spaceflight from Cape Canaveral Sen. Bill Nelson is expected to announce in a speech on Thursday at the Kennedy Center Visitor Complex...
View ArticleNew workforce report confirms KSC to lose 7,000 jobs
CAPE CANAVERAL – Brevard County’s workforce development agency on Wednesday released its latest study of the impact that the retirement of the space shuttle will have on the Space Coast, confirming...
View ArticleCommercial rocket supporters take aim at NASA safety panel
The Atlas V rocket: "19 consecutive successful launches" The release last week of the NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel’s 2009 annual report has caused a storm among commercial space advocates and...
View ArticleCongressional critics condemn Obama’s shutdown of Constellation
By Mark K. Matthews Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — White House plans to remake NASA got a frosty reception at a U.S. House hearing Wednesday as lawmakers assailed President Barack Obama’s proposal...
View ArticleOrganized labor attacks Obama’s space plan
Add organized labor to the voices angry at President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap NASA’s moon program. In a letter sent to Obama on Feb. 4, R. Thomas Buffenbarger, international president of the...
View ArticleNelson aims to save Ares I testing
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida had nothing but praise for President Barack Obama last week when the commander-in-chief visited Kennedy Space Center and touted a new White House plan to...
View ArticleSpaceX boss: 70-80 % chance of success for Falcon 9 launch
How does PayPal founder Elon Musk feel about his company’s attempt Friday to launch, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the first-ever commercially designed-and-built rocket intended to take...
View ArticleNelson maps a road forward on space without Constellation
Florida’s Democratic Senator, Bill Nelson, the chair of the Senate subcommittee charged with NASA oversight, has sent a letter to his powerful counterpart on NASA appropriations, Sen. Barbara Mikulski...
View ArticlePrivate space companies, other spaceflight supporters: Congress, please...
More than 50 prominent proponents of manned spaceflight have signed an open letter urging Congress to support commercial companies’ efforts to carry crew to the International Space Station. Among those...
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