Orlando Sentinel 150: Central Florida’s transformation from segregation to a gorgeous mosaic – Orlando Sentinel
If you were to randomly choose a person living in Central Florida in 1876, they might have been…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to the Splendid China theme park – Orlando Sentinel
Long before Universal Epic Universe, 1993 saw the grand opening of another ambitious theme park in Central Florida.…
Join us to talk about race and demographics in Central Florida – Orlando Sentinel
There have been a lot of changes across Central Florida in the past 150 years, and that definitely…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Monday Memory of first space shuttle launch – Orlando Sentinel
The space shuttle era began on April 12, 1981, when Columbia became the first in NASA’s reusable spaceplane…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Friday Flashback to a US-USSR handshake in space – Orlando Sentinel
On July 17, 1975, Thomas Stafford of the United States shook hands with Alexei Leonov of the Soviet…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Panel tackles space past and future at Orlando Science Center – Orlando Sentinel
As part of the Orlando Sentinel’s series of special events celebrating the paper’s 150th anniversary, the Orlando Science…
Pictures: Sentinel 150 Anniversary Space Forum at Orlando Science Center – Orlando Sentinel
A dazzling projection show is shown during the Orlando Sentinel presentation of “Space: Past, Present & Future in…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Monday Memory of Space Shuttle Endeavour’s piggyback final flight from Florida – Orlando Sentinel
Fourteen years ago, Space Shuttle Endeavour left Kennedy Space Center on its way to its new home at…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Why were missiles in front of the Sentinel building? – Orlando Sentinel
In the 1960s and early 1970s, you didn’t have to go all the way to Cape Canaveral to…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Monday Memory of Astronaut John Young’s Orlando homecoming – Orlando Sentinel
In 1965, Orlando’s own John Young did not have a parkway named after him. He had yet to…
Orlando Sentinel 150: Monday Memory of when interstellar Voyager 1 left Earth – Orlando Sentinel
It was 49 years ago on Labor Day that Voyager 1 began a journey that has so far…
Orlando Sentinel 150: How Central Florida became ‘The gateway to the moon’ – Orlando Sentinel
The history of space in Central Florida is one of shock and glory. “3 Astronauts Killed”, “What Went…