Nearly 200 university researchers and representatives of the space industry gathered Tuesday (4/21) at the Kennedy Space Center to launch the next phase of the Florida Space Research Consortium (FSRC), a statewide partnership designed to align Florida’s universities around space research, innovation and workforce development.
Representatives of the eight partner institutions in the consortium — Embry‑Riddle Aeronautical University, Florida A&M University, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida International University, Florida State University, the University of Central Florida, the University of Florida and the University of South Florida — joined NASA officials, space industry leaders and investors in a day-long discussion of how to strengthen Florida’s competitiveness in a rapidly expanding global space economy.
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