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The grant will help replace NASA s aging bridge across the Indian River Lagoon. Photo: Google Maps
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Governor Ron DeSantis finalized a $90 million grant program aimed at improving infrastructure on Florida’s Space Coast.
The Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) federal grant program will help fund a new bridge over the Indian River, connecting Titusville and North Merritt Island to the Kennedy Space Center.
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NASA holds Day of Remembrance ceremony 35 years after Challenger explosion
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NASA will honor the lives of the astronauts who died in the Challenger explosion 35 years ago with a Day of Remembrance ceremony on Thursday.
NASA, in partnership with The Astronauts Memorial Foundation and Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, will host the ceremony at 10 a.m. at the Space Mirror Memorial.
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Robert Cabana, the director of NASA’s John F. Kennedy Space Center, and Mike Leinbach, a retired space shuttle launch director, are expected to speak at the ceremony.
Space center’s Planet Play inspires future astronauts By Patrick Connolly, Orlando Sentinel
Published: January 26, 2021, 6:20am
Share: Mercury, Pluto and Mars are among planets represented at Planet Play, part of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Patrick Connolly/Orlando Sentinel)
ORLANDO, Fla. Young astronauts and aspiring space explorers now have a new forum to discover planets and delve into galaxies at Planet Play, the latest addition to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Immersion and interactivity are key for the new play area, which is geared toward visitors ages 2-12.
“It’s at least 70 percent physical here … You can climb, you can use digital interactivity, you can draw and do all sorts of things on your own while learning about the solar system,” said Therrin Protze, chief operating officer of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. “Parents can challenge their children to come home with one new fact.”