Rep. Haridopolos Joins NASA and Space Florida to Announce CAPEWEEK

Held on the 15,001-foot former space shuttle landing runway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, CAPEWEEK will bring together leaders in aerospace, defense, artificial intelligence, energy, robotics, and advanced mobility for an industry exposition, leadership forum, live demonstrations, and public technology exhibits.
 

The event is projected to generate $5 billion in economic impact for Florida over its first decade and eventually attract more than 500,000 attendees annually. CAPEWEEK will showcase cutting-edge American innovation, foster industry partnerships, and give families and students firsthand exposure to emerging technologies.
 

“Here on Florida’s Space Coast, we don’t watch history, we make it,” said Congressman Haridopolos. “From Apollo to the Space Shuttle to today’s commercial space boom, our community has always led the way. CAPEWEEK will build on that legacy, bringing new investment, creating opportunities for local businesses, and inspiring the next generation of American innovators. There’s no better place to showcase the future of aerospace than right here on the Space Coast.”
 

“America should have a place where the people building the future can come together with the public that inspires and supports them,” said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. “There are few more fitting places than Kennedy Space Center and the runway where the Space Shuttle returned from orbit. CAPEWEEK will put extraordinary aircraft, spacecraft, technologies, and the people behind them in one place and give hundreds of thousands of visitors a front-row seat to the next era of American innovation.”
 

“America is the techno-aerospace republic. The world's great air shows have long brought the industry together; CAPEWEEK gives America a stage of its own to join them,” said Cyrus Sigari, Founder and Mission Commander of CAPEWEEK. “Beyond just serving industry, we have designed CAPEWEEK to be where the next generation comes to see the future they were promised. A 10-year-old girl will be able to watch a flying car or a rocket cross the sky in the morning, meet the team that built it that afternoon, and go home that night believing she could build the next one.”
 

“For decades, we watched this runway bring orbiters home. Now it’s the front door for the companies building America’s future in space,” said Rob Long, President and CEO of Space Florida. “CAPEWEEK will bring the world’s customers, capital, and talent here for one week a year. Our job is to make sure the deals started here get done.”
 

“Florida launched the first space race, and Florida is going to win the next one,” said FL Gov.-elect Byron Donalds. “We want this state to be the world headquarters of space exploration, not only for astronauts and engineers, but for welders, electricians, machinists, technicians and pilots too. Pursuing the final frontier means good-paying jobs right here in Florida, and CAPEWEEK is how we launch that mission.”