Kennedy Space Center

Space Shuttle Atlantis Attraction Opens At Kennedy Space Center

June 29, 2013 Comments Off

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has this morning opened the doors to the world’s most comprehensive and interactive attraction devoted to NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program –Space Shuttle Atlantis.SM More than 40 NASA astronauts participated in the grand opening as well as NASA administrator Charles Bolden, Kennedy Space Center director Bob Cabana, Delaware North […]

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Opening June 29 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

June 13, 2013 Comments Off

The world’s most comprehensive attraction devoted to the space shuttle, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s new Space Shuttle AtlantisSM will open to visitors for the first time on June 29th, 2013. The new attraction will bring visitors nose-to-nose with the priceless Atlantis spacecraft as only astronauts have seen it before – with payload bay […]

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New Atlantis Shuttle Exhibit at Kennedy Space Center Debuts June 29th…

April 29, 2013 Comments Off

Just Announced: June 29th 2013 is the day that Kennedy Space Center’s fabulous new $100 million home for the new Atlantis Space Shuttle exhibit attraction will officially open. On 25th April construction crews began removing over 16,000 square feet of plastic shrink-wrap from space shuttle Atlantis in the first preparations for the planned June opening. […]

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Retires to New Home at Kennedy Space Center

November 3, 2012 2 Comments

Friday was a big day on the Space Coast as the veteran of 33 space flights, Space Shuttle Atlantis, reached her new home at Kennedy Space Center. Atlantis began the 10-mile trek just before dawn as she emerged from the massive Vehicle Assembly Building riding atop a 76-wheeled platform. Commander Christopher Ferguson, pilot Douglas Hurley, […]

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Exciting Weekend For Kennedy Space Center as Atlantis Moves to New Home

October 30, 2012 Comments Off

This weekend promises to be an exciting time for all guests and visitors to Kennedy Space Center as Space Shuttle Atlantis makes a 10 mile rolling journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to her new home inside the Kennedy Space Visitor Complex on November 2nd. This will be the last chance for fans of NASA’s […]

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Endeavour Leaves Florida For Final Time

September 19, 2012 Comments Off

At approximately 7.20am on Wednesday 19th September Space Shuttle Endeavour began its final flight from Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Endeavour’s final destination will eventually be the California Science Center but along the way it will fly over Stennis Space Center, a NASA rocket testing facility in Mississippi and the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, […]

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Final Flight For Space Shuttle Endeavour This Monday!

September 12, 2012 Comments Off

Space shuttle Endeavour will make its final flight from Florida on Monday 17th September 2012. The orbiter will be aboard a special 747 that will transport the craft to Los Angeles, where it will eventually be on display at the California Science Center. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is offering a couple of options […]

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Kennedy Space Center : Launch Pad and Launch Control Center

August 29, 2012 Comments Off

Just recently I went over to Kennedy Space Center to take advantage of the once in a lifetime “Up-Close” tours of the Launch Control Center, The Launch Pad tour and the Vehicle Assembly Building tour. It’s been a long time since the public has been given access to these areas on the space coast and […]

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“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” – Neil Armstrong

August 26, 2012 Comments Off

The words “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind” will forever be immortalized with the day man walked on the moon for the very first time at 20:17:39 UTC on July 20, 1969. They were words uttered by astronaut Neil Alden Armstrong and they were words that millions of people heard as they tuned […]

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Historic Launch Blasts SpaceX Rocket Dragon Into Space

May 22, 2012 Comments Off

At 3:44 a.m. this morning, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off at last from Cape CanaveralAir Force Station on its way to a rendezvous with the International Space Station and possibly heralding a new era of space transportation. On Thursday the Dragon should reach the station, orbiting the Earth at 17,000 mph. If a series […]

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