Florida Sen. Rick Scott sent a letter to President Donald Trump, pushing for his administration to consider relocating NASA’s headquarters from Washington, D.C. to the Space Coast.

The announcement has garnered positive reactions from some local leaders and comes amid discussions about potentially relocating NASA’s headquarters to Florida.

On the 1-year anniversary of the Starliner's doomed launch, revisit the biggest moments of a spaceflight mission that captured the world's attention.

Space Florida, which is working on upgrading wastewater facilities at the cape and expanding wharf space for the industry at Port Canaveral, manages certain operations at the spaceport through property leased from the federal government, including launch and landing facilities through an agreement with NASA.

Jacque Schrag/Axios NASA spends hundreds of millions of dollars in Florida on average each year through its scientific missions, a recent analysis shows. Why it matters: The space agency's science efforts bear the brunt of the cuts in the Trump administration's proposed budget,