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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...

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Commercial 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...

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New 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...

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Commercial 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...

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Congressional 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...

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Organized 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...

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Nelson 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...

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SpaceX 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...

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Nelson 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...

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Private 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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