Commercial spaceflight has often been overlooked by exhibits and museums. Typically, you might get one small section of floor space dedicated to the booming industry, yet this is now changing. At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, a new expansion to the park brings an unparalleled experience. Upon entering the park, the Gateway exhibit can be seen sitting behind the … [Read more...]
To Nona & Beyond: Journey to Atlantis
The Space Shuttle is a historic icon in American spaceflight. It has touched the lives of thousands of people across the country, from those who worked on it to the people who had the chance to watch it launch and land. During our younger years, we were fortunate to have a spectacular view of shuttle launches from Central Florida. One of our favorite Space Shuttle orbiters was … [Read more...]
NASA Partners With Lilium’s Vertiport in Lake Nona
A year ago, Lake Nona received exciting news about “flying taxis” potentially coming to our city. German tech company Lilium selected our region to be home to their first U.S. vertiport, which is the first step of many to bring air taxis to the area. In a recent development, NASA has joined forces with the City of Orlando to begin developing what an oversized-drone-ridden world … [Read more...]
Astronaut Dr. Don Thomas Visits Elementary Schools for New WonderWorks Program
In a gymnasium on May 5, 1961, students of an elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio, gathered before a small black and white television. As one student watched on the day before his sixth birthday, it wasn’t just about seeing Alan Shepard become the first American in space; it was the moment he realized that he, too, wanted to do the very same. “You have these moments of … [Read more...]
How We Got Here: The Hahn Family
So many of us here in Lake Nona come from different places and have different stories of how we wound up in the Nonahood. No two stories are the same, with each comprised of individuals making the choice to pick up and move from another part of Florida, another state, or even another country. This is How We Got Here, telling stories one at a time of how different families from … [Read more...]