Take life at your own pace🐢⁣ ⁣ Let this tortoise photographed making its way across a NASAKennedy parking area be your reminder to take things slow. It’s just one of the many kinds of animals – more than 65 amphibian and reptile, 25 mammal, 117 fish, and 330 bird species – that call the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge home. The refuge shares space with Kennedy.⁣ ⁣ In the background of this photo is the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), standing 525 feet (160 meters) tall. This is where the NASAArtemis launch vehicles are stacked and processed in preparation for future missions to the Moon. Currently, the Artemis II Moon rocket is taking shape inside the VAB.⁣ ⁣ Image description: A brown tortoise lifts its front right leg as it walks across gravel, far in front of a large rectangular building. Scales on the tortoise’s legs and sand on its shell are visible. There are a few streets separating the tortoise from the building, which has a massive United States flag and NASA ...