Tag: Shuttle Landing Facility

NASA Leases Shuttle Landing Facility to Space Florida

NASA Leases Shuttle Landing Facility to Space Florida

Shuttle Landing Facility  / Image Credit NASA NASA News Release June 22, 2015 RELEASE 15-135 NASA Signs Agreement with Space Florida to Operate Historic Landing Facility A new agreement marks another step in the transformation of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to a multi-user spaceport. NASA’s historic Shuttle Landing Facility, the site of one […]

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Swiss Space Systems Annouces Flights from KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility

Swiss Space Systems Annouces Flights from KSC’s Shuttle Landing Facility

Swiss Space Systems, the European startup which began operations just over a year ago with plans for an airplane launched, two-stage partially reusable space launch system, was at Cape Canaveral Friday to announce an agreement enabling zero-g, parabolic flights starting in 2015. The announcement, which was made after negotiations with Space Florida, will see a […]

NASA, Space Florida Begin Partnership for Shuttle Landing Strip

NASA, Space Florida Begin Partnership for Shuttle Landing Strip

   The week ended on a high note for the Kennedy Space Center with the announcement today that NASA and Space Florida are hammering out a partnership agreement which would see the State of Florida development agency assume responsibility for the Shuttle Landing Facility.The agreement which is still being worked out could see Space Florida ease the entry of a number […]

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