 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pehurukuro yaPresident John F. Kennedy yaSeptember 1962, umo akarondedzera chinangwa chake chokupedza rwendo rwomumhepo rwomunhu kuenda kumwedzi pakuguma kwegumi remakore, purogiramu yemuchadenga yakakura mukukosha uye kukura muCentral Florida nekuda kwekuswedera kwayo kuCape Canaveral. Vagari vakakurumbira nevatungamiriri vomunzvimbomo vakatanga kukurudzira Dare Rinodzora reHurumende yeFlorida kuti riwedzere mikana yokuwana dzidzo yepamusoro muSpace Coast. Nebetsero yeaimbova mutungamiri weseneti wenyika William A. Shands uye Senator Beth Johnson, musi waChikumi 10, 1963, dare remitemo rakapfuura uye Gavhuna Farris Bryant akasaina mutemo weSeneti Bill No. 125, iyo yakapa mvumo kuFlorida Board of Regents kugadzira yunivhesiti itsva yenyika muEast Central Florida. Yunivhesiti yakavambwa seyunivhesiti isingaparadzanisi uye yekudzidzisa, ine basa rekudzidzisa vadzidzi vebasa remuchadenga muinjiniya uye mamwe mabasa ehunyanzvi. 