Space Florida President Testifies at Senate Space, Aeronautics and Related Sciences Subcommittee Hearing

Field hearing held at Port Canaveral to prepare for the workforce transition at NASA Kennedy Space Center

Space Florida, the principal organization charged by the Florida legislature with promoting and developing Florida's aerospace industry, participated in a field hearing today held at the Cape Canaveral Port Authority. Steve Kohler, president of Space Florida, addressed Senators Nelson and Martinez regarding actions that Space Florida is taking to help address the workforce transition expected at Kennedy Space Center in 2010 when the Space Shuttle program comes to an end.

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Space Florida and SPACEHAB, Inc. to Send Validation of Salmonella Vaccine Target to the International Space Station On Upcoming Mission of Space Shuttle Discovery

Marks A Significant Milestone In A New Venture Between The Two Entities

A partnership between Space Florida and SPACEHAB's new biotech subsidiary BioSpace Technologies Inc. paves the way to develop multiple vaccine targets on the International Space Station (ISS).

“This new space age microgravity process is already revealing new opportunities in the development of life-saving biomedicines within Florida's new biotech space corridor,” said Thomas Pickens, III, chairman and chief executive officer, SPACEHAB, Inc.
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Members of Florida's Congressional Delegation Urge Orbital Sciences Corporation to Locate New Facilities at Cape Canaveral

Delegation crosses party lines for the future of aerospace in the state and nation

Following on a recent proposal from Space Florida on behalf of the state of Florida, today, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) and Sen. Mel Martinez (R), along with 18 additional members of the Florida congressional delegation, sent a letter to Orbital Sciences Corporation urging them to locate their facilities for the Commercial Orbital Transportation Project at Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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Space Florida Teams With SPACEHAB To Create Space-based Biotech Corridor

Joining its historic role in space exploration with an innovative commitment to biotech research, the State of Florida will establish a space-based, biotech corridor that stretches from the International Space Station (ISS) to Earth-based Florida facilities and resources such as the Space Life Sciences Lab at NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
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