/tags/aerospace aerospace en-US WLRN Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:54:16 GMT /government-politics/2024-01-23/space-florida-2024-legislative-session Jim Gregory, dean of the College of Engineering at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, talks about Space Florida's top priorities for the 2024 legislative session. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:54:16 GMT /government-politics/2024-01-23/space-florida-2024-legislative-session Talia Blake /science-technology/2023-03-17/space-florida-could-see-more-direct-oversight-as-lawmakers-revamp-economic-development-programs A subcommittee backed a plan that, in part, would separate the Space Florida Board of Directors from the public-private Enterprise Florida. Fri, 17 Mar 2023 15:00:00 GMT /science-technology/2023-03-17/space-florida-could-see-more-direct-oversight-as-lawmakers-revamp-economic-development-programs Jim Turner /space/2023-02-16/as-competition-grows-space-florida-has-a-plan-to-bolster-states-private-aerospace-industry Leaders in Florida’s space industry are asking the legislature to build on the state’s aerospace industry as competition across the country grows. Thu, 16 Feb 2023 13:30:00 GMT /space/2023-02-16/as-competition-grows-space-florida-has-a-plan-to-bolster-states-private-aerospace-industry Brendan Byrne /news/2022-08-01/space-florida-aims-to-expand-role-in-financing-aerospace-projects Florida’s aerospace agency wants to expand its role from helping companies finance rocket and satellite projects to more directly getting money into the hands of firms seeking to move burgeoning technology to the launch pad. Mon, 01 Aug 2022 15:30:00 GMT /news/2022-08-01/space-florida-aims-to-expand-role-in-financing-aerospace-projects Jim Turner | News Service of Florida /news/2022-03-18/nasas-artemis-1-moon-rocket-reaches-the-launch-pad NASA's Artemis 1 rocket, the Space Launch System, reached the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39B on Friday. The successor to the Apollo program could one day send humans back to the moon. Fri, 18 Mar 2022 16:05:50 GMT /news/2022-03-18/nasas-artemis-1-moon-rocket-reaches-the-launch-pad Brendan Byrne /2020-01-01/could-space-force-land-in-florida-officials-lobby-as-state-is-among-the-contenders Florida hasn’t given up on landing the command center for the nation’s newest military branch, Space Force. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 17:00:00 GMT /2020-01-01/could-space-force-land-in-florida-officials-lobby-as-state-is-among-the-contenders News Service of Florida /2019-08-11/with-congressional-blessing-space-force-is-closer-to-launch It started as a joke, as President Trump riffed on the idea last year. Now, Congress could create the first, new military service in more than 70 years. Sun, 11 Aug 2019 11:00:55 GMT /2019-08-11/with-congressional-blessing-space-force-is-closer-to-launch Claudia Grisales /news/2019-07-16/meet-joann-morgan-the-only-woman-in-the-apollo-11-firing-room On the morning of July 16, dozens of technicians and flight controllers piled into the firing room at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center to count down the launch… Tue, 16 Jul 2019 15:08:00 GMT /news/2019-07-16/meet-joann-morgan-the-only-woman-in-the-apollo-11-firing-room Brendan Byrne /2019-07-09/virgin-galactic-plans-to-become-1st-publicly-traded-spaceflight-company Billionaire Richard Branson is partnering with a group of investors to take his space tourism company public. The stock market debut is expected later this year. Tue, 09 Jul 2019 17:43:31 GMT /2019-07-09/virgin-galactic-plans-to-become-1st-publicly-traded-spaceflight-company Camila Domonoske /news/2019-04-03/nasa-amending-21-billion-budget-request-to-speed-up-moon-mission Congress is asking NASA to provide an updated budget request for the next fiscal year. The ask comes after Vice President Mike Pence charged the agency… Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:29:40 GMT /news/2019-04-03/nasa-amending-21-billion-budget-request-to-speed-up-moon-mission Brendan byrne