The pair of distinguished NASA alumni sat down with "Your Florida Daily" host Katrina Scales to talk about their hopes for American spaceflight and dreams of returning to space.

CANAVERAL NATIONAL SEASHORE, Fla. – A plane carrying three dozen rescued and rehabilitated sea turtles landed Friday at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center before a short drive to the ocean where the cold-stunned turtles were released back into the wild. The Canaveral National Seashore said the 37 Kemp’s ridley turtles were cold-stunned this winter in New England, which kept them from swimming south to warmer water. The Seashore said turtles are normally in warmer ocean this time of the year. The group effort to support the turtles’ journey including NASA, NOAA and Space Florida inspired a retired astronaut to watch Friday’s release. “This is just a really wonderful example of how people do behave like crewmates down here on spaceship Earth.”

ORLANDO, Fla. – As people gathered on the Space Coast Sunday for another magnificent SpaceX launch, others watched the lift-off to say their final farewells to loved ones. Among the satellites in its payload were other precious cargo: ashes. SpaceX had several customers sending satellites for this launch including DARPA and NASA. “My daughter was in the place of your loved one as well,” Stott said. She said she imagines Celestis memorial flights to be the same for loved ones physically leaving Earth.