Space Congress became an annual event on the Space Coast in the mid-60’s. In addition to the papers presented there was a major exhibition of aerospace contractors and associated products and processes. Local schools were encouraged to attend with a county wide Science Fair being held and judged.
The Space Congress has changed over the years. The cooperation between entities originally involved in The Space Congress started to break down in the late 1990’s with both the Air Force and NASA having withdrawn support for budgetary reasons by 2005. Contractor management withdrew their support at the same time. As a result, Space Congress had to change and become an entirely private endeavour of the CCTS.
In 2023 the 49th and subsequent Space Congress’ were held in conjunction with SpaceCom in the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.
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