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Kennedy Center Director Bob Cabana, standing left, addresses nine Florida Institute of Technology aspiring journalists at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Headquarters Building in Florida on May 22. Cabana talked about NASA's goals for the future and his own experience in space, answering questions about health effects of spaceflight. The journalists, in collaboration with Florida Today, are working on a multimedia project that examines health in zero gravity and how life in space can help people live better on Earth. At right are Florida Today videographer Caroline Perez and reporter Todd Halverson These multimedia stories will be published for the print and online versions of Florida Today. During their visit, the journalists interviewed astronaut and Expedition 35 flight engineer Chris Cassidy during an International Space Station downlink, after which they worked on multimedia deadline news assignments at the Press Site. The journalists toured the Vehicle Assembly Building and the Apollo Saturn V Center. Learn about the Florida Institute of Technology journalists' findings on their Facebook page at http:__www.facebook.com_FT3atFIT or Twitter at #SpaceHealth. Photo credit: NASA_Kim Shiflett