International Space Station

NASA completes analysis of recovered International Space Station part that hit Naples home

WGCU Staff

NASA ground controllers used the International Space Station’s robotic arm in March 2021 to release a cargo pallet containing aging nickel hydride batteries from the space station following the delivery and installation of new lithium-ion batteries as part of power upgrades on the orbital outpost. About 5,800 pounds of hardware was released from the space station.Rocket forward to March 8 of this year and a piece of the hardware that was expected to fully burn up during entry through Earth’s atmosphere survived re-entry and impacted a home in Naples.

Canterbury senior JJ Ignac simulates how he manually tracks the radar as the ISS goes across the sky. Ignac and his small team of Canterbury seniors built the satellite tracking antenna that made today’s ISS contact possible.

"Can you eat cupcakes in space?" Canterbury students contact International Space Station

Tara Calligan

Students at Canterbury School of Fort Myers made contact with the International Space Station. Canterbury is one of eight schools in the world to have this opportunity right now.

NASA Calls On Sarasota Experts for Space Farming Project

Matthew F Smith

NASA is betting the future of space travel relies, in part, on farming in space—and the agency is turning to farming and fertilizer experts in Sarasota to…

NASA's Space Farming Has Sarasota Roots

John Davis

Sustainable food production is the next step in advancing manned space travel, and NASA has already begun growing vegetables on the International Space…