Space Florida Launching ‘Space Academy’ With State’s Department of Education

‘The commitment ... is to ensure that [Florida] remains the global aerospace hub,’ says Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched at NASA's Kennedy Space Centre, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Oct. 5, 2022. Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images

Florida boasts the most active and advanced spaceport in the world, and its state leaders would like to keep it that way for generations to come.

Space Florida (SF), a government-run organization dedicated to building the space industry in the Sunshine State, recently announced its plan to launch an educational program to inspire and gear little Floridians toward a career in those skyward fields.