Space Exploration
DiBello On Space
July 8, 2021 - This guest column by Frank DiBello, president of Space Florida, appeared in Florida Today. DiBello has been instrumental in revitalizing the space industry, especially in Brevard County and this clear-eyed assessment should be essential reading to anyone interested in the state of space business. Frank DiBello Ten years ago this week,... [Continue Reading]
SpaceX Crew-3 First Mission for NASA’s Kayla Barron
May 22, 2021 - (NASA Press Release) NASA has assigned Kayla Barron to serve as a mission specialist for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, which is targeted to launch as early as Oct. 23. This will be the first spaceflight for Barron, who became a NASA astronaut in January 2020 after... [Continue Reading]
Bob Cabana Tapped as NASA Associate Administrator
May 11, 2021 – Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana will become NASA’s next associate administrator. Newly appointed NASA Administrator Bill Nelson confirmed the appointment. “When Bill asked me, I couldn’t say no. I’m really looking forward to working with him in this new position along with Pam Melroy,” Cabana told FLORIDA TODAY, referring to… [Continue Reading]
Space Florida Lands Sierra Nevada Corporation
May 4, 2021 – The space industry is a dynamic business, and starting in 2022 we will have yet another spacecraft that will come back to Earth at Cape Canaveral Spaceport’s Launch and Landing Facility (LLF). The LLF’s proximity to Kennedy Space Center and formal recognition as a designated return site for rapid recovery of… [Continue Reading]
Boeing Delivers SLS Core Stage to KSC
April 29, 2021 – As part of NASA’s mission to return humans to the moon, the tallest flight component to ever launch from KSC has arrived in Florida. Boeing Space has delivered the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket cryogenic core stage to NASA in preparation for launch of the Artemis I mission, the first moon mission… [Continue Reading]
Pre-dawn Skies Light Up With Crewed Launch
April 23, 2021 – The SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 4 astronauts on a NASA mission to the International Space Station, becoming the first crew ever propelled into orbit by a rocket booster recycled from a previous spaceflight. The U.S. returned to launching astronauts from American soil last May, nine years after the space shuttle program… [Continue Reading]
Gaedcke Is Big In Japan
April 21, 2021 – We all know that Marcia Gaedcke, President of the Titusville Area Chamber of Commerce, is an international woman of mystery (the mystery being, how does she accomplish so much? Does she never sleep?), but she also is happy to jump in when the news crews from around the world drop by…. [Continue Reading]
Same Capsule, Different Day
April 20, 2021 – SpaceX and NASA are poised to send another crewed mission into space with Crew-2 set to fly to the International Space Station in the early hours on Thursday, April 22. The international veteran crew includes Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, Akihiko Hoshide with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and… [Continue Reading]
Space is HOT, Sector Continues Growth in Florida
April 16, 2021 – While other enterprises have retracted, private space industry has leaped forward. U.S. Labor Bureau of Statistics indicates significant space sector hiring increases, totaling more than 5000 employees added in 2020, with total private sector space employment now at 147,953 workers—the highest level since 2011, the year the Space Shuttle Program ended. … [Continue Reading]