May 6th, 2024 – Space Coast EDC Press Release Weatherman awarded ‘Distinguished Public Service Award’ by Department of the Air Force Award is highest issued by Air Force to non-employee civilian Florida’s SPACE COAST, Fla. (May 6, 2024) –The Department of the Air Force presented its Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest award issued by the… [Continue Reading]
Port Canaveral, FL – The Canaveral Port Authority announced it is waiving the standard application fee for businesses located in Brevard County seeking to establish a designated usage driven site within Port Canaveral’s Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) #136. The fee waiver is effective immediately and will be available to applicants through December 31, 2021. Port… [Continue Reading]
January 14, 2021 – Expect more low rumbles and high plumes marking the trail to space this year. “We have 53 launches in our forecast with one already on the books,” said Col. Brande Walton, vice commander of the 45th Space Wing. She was addressing the National Space Club of Florida during an online event…. [Continue Reading]
January 4, 2021 – They don’t call us the Space Coast for nothing. 2020 saw 31 successful launches. If you’re counting (and we are) that’s the most launches in any single year since 1966, when there were 29. The diversity of missions was impressive: Starlink satellites, missions for the military, satellites for Sirius XM and… [Continue Reading]
December 15, 2020 – Our part of Florida is called the Space Coast and many of us have been lucky enough to watch as astronauts have achieved one milestone after another in pursuit of exploration. This next step is one of the most exciting yet. NASA introduces THE ARTEMIS TEAM, the men and women who… [Continue Reading]