Travel – ETOP 2023

TRAVEL TO ETOP

The ETOP Conference will take place all at one location.

Phone: (321) 799-0003

1550 N. Atlantic Avenue
Cocoa Beach, FL 32931
USA

NOTE: There is another hotel just north of this location called Hilton Garden Inn Cocoa Beach Oceanfront. This is NOT the location.

To ensure you receive the special rate for ETOP 2023, use BOOK HOTEL ROOM link. Doing so helps us satisfy our contract requirements with the hotel.

Rate: $209/night City View King or a City View Double Queen Room.

Includes discounted self-parking and complimentary guest room Wi-Fi included. Credit card and name required to reserve room. Please ensure you can use your credit card in the United States.

Rate valid until April 16, 2023.

Telephone Booking Steps:

Reservation Telephone: 1-866-580-7402
Provide the group code: ETOP23
Provide your Arrival/Departure Dates and the number of guests in the room
Confirm Reservation with Contact Details and Credit Card

Airports

ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MCO)

Located 50 miles west of Cocoa Beach, Orlando International is a major airport with service to every major US City and connections to the rest of North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Central America, and Africa.

Note that security lines out of Orlando can be prolonged if you do not have TSA Precheck.

The drive from Orlando International to the conference hotel should take about 1 hour, and is a toll road on State Road 528.

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (MLB)

Located 38 miles south of Cocoa Beach, Melbourne International Serves limited cities in the U.S.

The drive from Melbourne will take about 40 minutes. There are no tolls along the drive.

Transportation to the Conference

We will update and provide transportation options. Current options are:

Rental Cars
Uber/Lyft (Approximately $80 each way)

NASA SPACEFLIGHT NEWS

ETOP 2023 is minutes from the Kennedy Space Center. Find out about NASA Operations and news about the next launch.

FAA gives Flight 7 the Go Ahead, SpaceX to complete final steps ahead of launch

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has […]
Chang Zheng 12, ZhuQue-2E fly maiden missions; Hainan spaceport and mega constellations expand

In late November, two new Chinese rockets took […]
Launch Roundup: SpaceX plans for five customer missions; Rocket Lab to launch mission for Synspective

The orbital launch manifest for the week of Dec. […]
BepiColombo’s fifth flyby of Mercury reveals planet’s surface in mid-infrared light

The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo […]
Starship and other launch site preparations in Florida moving into a higher gear

The long-awaited Starship ramp-up in Florida has […]

Visa Information

We can provide a Visa letter that can be used to submit that you will be attending our conference. You must first be registered for the conference. The registration form requires you fill out passport information and ask for a visa letter. Once you have registered, we will send a PDF of the letter to the email address specified in the registration form.

Note that we can not help with obtaining visas nor do we have any contacts with the U.S. Department of State.

For more information on the U.S. visit process visit https://www.usa.gov/visas

For questions about receiving the visa letter, contact Mike McKee.

Shipping To ETOP

SHIP TO HILTON: Boxes can arrive no sooner than May 11 at the hotel. The hotel can’t accept pallets. Note: Sunday, May 14, 2023 is Mother’s Day and space is limited due to activities that day.

For questions please contact Denise Whiteside at denise@creol.ucf.edu or 407-823-6834.