Space Florida Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (south of Shiloh) to state land that might be used as a commercial spaceport. The efforts in late 2014 to find an alternative ultimately came to fruition in 2015 to open a Space Florida spaceport at a different location, with the September 2015 announcement that Blue Origin would manufacture their new orbital launch vehicle at Exploration Park, and launch the rocket from Launch Complex 36. Space Florida has partnered with NASA on the following facilities: Space Florida Space Florida is the aerospace economic development agency of the State of Florida. The agency was created by
Florida Space Institute Florida Space Institute The Florida Space Institute (FSI) is a research institute of the State University System of Florida and the University of Central Florida located in Orlando, Florida, United States. The director of the institute is Ramon Lugo III, who previously served as the director of NASA's Glenn Research Center. The institute provides a wide range of research, information and education services for the space research and development, defense, and commercial community of Central Florida. The institute also provides education activities within the University of Central Florida (UCF) and other member institutions of the State University System of Florida.