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GOVERNOR CELEBRATES COMMERCIAL EXPANSION OF SPACE LAUNCH

August 11, 2008

Governor joins with launch partners in wake of U.S. Air Force Space Command announcement

Space Florida and SPACEHAB, Inc. to send validation of salmonella vaccine target to the International Space Station on upcoming mission of Space Shuttle Discovery

May 30, 2008

Marks a significant milestone in a new venture between the two entities

Members of Florida’s Congressional Delegation Urge Orbital Sciences Corporation to Locate New Facilities at Cape Canaveral

May 23, 2008

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

Space Florida Sponsorship Enables Florida Teachers and Students to Research in Microgravity

February 24, 2008

Space Florida launched today its inaugural unattended microgravity research flight from the Shuttle Landing Facility at the Kennedy Space Center.

Space Florida Announces Strategic Partnership with the X PRIZE Foundation to Make Florida the First Preferred Launch Site for the Google Lunar X PRIZE Competition

February 20, 2008

Grand Prize Winner will receive $2M Bonus Prize for Successful Florida Based Launch.

Space Florida Advances Commitment to Education

January 21, 2008

Contributions totaling $100,000 to Florida African American Education Alliance Supports Minority Student Achievement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.

Florida African American Education Alliance Annual Recognition Award Ceremony: January 20, 2008

January 20, 2008

Remarks by Steve Kohler, President, Space Florida.

Space Florida Continues "Out Of This World" Education

January 7, 2008

Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility: Leading Intellectual Home of "Future Space" For Florida Teachers and Students

2007 Space Florida Annual Report

January 1, 2008

Each year, Space Florida provides an Annual Report of our activities and accomplishments to the Governor and Key Legislators. Space Florida has marked its first year of operations.

Space Florida Signs Teaming Agreement With PlanetSpace

December 18, 2007

Non-exclusive Agreement Provides Support and Helps Facilitate PlanetSpace's Bid For NASA's COTS Phase 1 RFP

Spaceports Still Taxiing Towards Takeoff

December 17, 2007

The last few weeks have seen a number of events associated with the new crop of commercial spaceports that are trying to get a piece of the emerging "NewSpace" industry...

Space Florida and Bigelow Aerospace Join Forces To Explore Orbital Space Transportation Initiative

November 1, 2007

Space Florida, the principal organization charged by the Florida Legislature with promoting and developing Florida’s aerospace industry, announced that it is teaming up with Bigelow Aerospace, LLC

SpaceX Breaks Ground at Cape Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 40

November 1, 2007

New Launch Facilities to Loft Falcon 9 Rockets Starting in 2009

Space Florida Sponsors World Space Expo Next Generation Explorers Education Program

October 24, 2007

Program Will Immerse 3,000 Students Into An Interactive, Informative, and Inspiring Experience.

Space Florida Supports Influential Pioneering Women of Aerospace Panel For Hundreds of Florida Girl Scouts

October 23, 2007

Panel is Part of World Space Expo Next Generation Explorers Education Program

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