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KMXT Special Series: Liftoff from Kodiak Island

The iconic cow and spaceship road sign near the entrance to the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island at Narrow Cape. This unique spaceport in rural Alaska is in the midst of a massive uptick in federal funding and launch cadence.
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The iconic cow and spaceship road sign near the entrance to the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska on Kodiak Island at Narrow Cape. This unique spaceport in rural Alaska is in the midst of a massive uptick in federal funding and launch cadence.

KMXT Special Series: Liftoff from Kodiak Island

This is a special three part series that is a collaboration between KMXT and Type Investigations with funding support from the Pulitzer Center. This series will cover how and why federal funds are being poured into the spaceport, how local residents feel about that, and how this expansion could impact the future of the Kodiak Island spaceport and the community.
  • Astra says its 3.1 rocket had a beautiful lift-off, but its team had to shut down its engines and abort the flight, when it started to drift from its trajectory. Photo courtesy of Astra and John Kraus, a space flight photographer.
    Astra and John Kraus, a space flight photographer
    "We just went big on the map," Kodiak Island spaceport's federal funding takes off
    Davis Hovey
    Billions of dollars from the federal government are being poured into missile defense and mostly commercial launch capacity around the country, millions of which are benefitting the spaceport on Kodiak Island. It’s all part of a broader military buildup in Alaska and the Arctic.In part one of this three-part series, KMXT’s Davis Hovey reports on how and why the Pacific Spaceport Complex-Alaska is growing with an influx of federal funds: