The training facility of the Maine Space Corporation, the quasi-governmental agency tasked with building the infrastructure for the state’s nascent space industry, sits at the end of a humming hallway in Brunswick Landing’s Hangar 5.

On an exceptionally hot day in mid-July, in the absence of air conditioning, the windows were shuttered to keep the facility cool. Three machines used to test products for space conditions — each about the size of a household fridge — sat in the corners of the room, encircling a paper-strewn round table and a few office chairs in the center.

The Maine Space Corporation, which recently filed for 501(c)(3) nonprofit status, was created in 2022 by the Maine Legislature with the aim of positioning the state as “a national and international destination and au

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