Type: Featured Story 19 Feb 2025 By: Picecilla Forbes Source: Ministry of Tourism, Investments and Aviation

MOTIA: The Bahamas Makes Giant Leap into Space Welcoming First International SpaceX Landing

History was made in The Bahamas at approximately 6:29 PM ET yesterday as SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster successfully landed on an autonomous droneship off the coast of The Exumas....

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the BMOTIA, the Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Acting Permanent Secretary Lisa Adderley- Anderson, Director General Latia Duncombe, Deputy Director Dr. Kenneth Romer, and former NASA scientist and STEMBoard Founder & CEO Aisha Bowe alongside staff from the BMOTIA following the historic landing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the BMOTIA, the Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Acting Permanent Secretary Lisa Adderley- Anderson, Director General Latia Duncombe, Deputy Director Dr. Kenneth Romer, and former NASA scientist and STEMBoard Founder & CEO Aisha Bowe alongside staff from the BMOTIA following the historic landing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster.

The Falcon 9 as it launches from Port Canaveral.

The Falcon 9 as it launches from Port Canaveral.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the BMOTIA, the Hon. I. Chester Cooper, Acting Permanent Secretary Lisa Adderley- Anderson, Director General Latia Duncombe, Deputy Director Dr. Kenneth Romer, and former NASA scientist and STEMBoard Founder & CEO Aisha Bowe alongside staff from the BMOTIA following the historic landing of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 booster.
The Falcon 9 as it launches from Port Canaveral.

Please see the press release attached for more information.


 

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