SpaceX to lease UL Lafayette property on Pecan Island before buying it

Source Scout · Louisiana Illuminator reports: One of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy side boosters that launched NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope from Launch Complex 39A at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, returns to land at Landing Zone 2 at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. (Photo courtesy of NASA) The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors has approved a lease agreement that would allow SpaceX to access UL Lafayette-owned property at minimal cost ahead of an anticipated purchase. The deal involves 5 acres of university property that was once the site of Pecan Island High School.

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