Kennedy Space Center

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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The Next Launch – Atlas V 541 Rocket to Mars!

November 14, 2011 Comments Off

Locals and visitors to Central Florida are invited to be a part of the excitement throughout Thanksgiving weekend as NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission carrying the car-sized Curiosity rover launches aboard a massive Atlas V 541 rocket on its way to explore the red planet. The launch is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 25, at […]

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Star Trek : The Exhibition comes to Kennedy Space Center

June 11, 2011 Comments Off

Opening this weekend at Kennedy Space Center is the maiden voyage of Sci-Fi Summer: Where Science Fiction Meets Fact. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center complex launches Sci-Fi Summer today, 11th June, as a celebration of the last 50 years of human spaceflight and science fiction during the limited time exhibition. Sci-Fi Summer blends the technology, innovation […]

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Lifts Off

May 17, 2011 Comments Off

Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted off on the penultimate shuttle flight yesterday morning under the command of Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. The wounded congresswoman was at Kennedy Space Center and watched the launch in an undisclosed private location. Endeavour is headed for the International Space Station for one final time before heading […]

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Legoland on Track

March 24, 2011 Comments Off

I paid a visit to Legoland Florida yesterday and was treated to a helicopter ride to look over what’s happening on the construction site. Progress is slow but sure at this stage but I’m delighted to be able to confirm that all is on track for an opening sometime in October. I was also able […]

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Welcome Home Discovery!

March 9, 2011 Comments Off

Welcome home Discovery! The oldest of NASA’s surviving shuttles, Discovery is home and has racked up nearly 150 million miles as it ended it’s final journey today. It has accumulated more than 39 missions in nearly 27 years and spent 365 days total in space. It flew to the International Space Station 13 times and […]

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Discovery Launch Footage from Kennedy Space Center

February 26, 2011 Comments Off

Here’s some video our team took live from Kennedy Space Center a couple of days ago of the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery.

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Discovery Finally Launches

February 24, 2011 Comments Off

It was almost four months late but Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off under clear blue skies this afternoon on its final mission to the International Space Station before it is retired next month. The 27-year-old orbiter, with a crew of six astronauts, roared from the launchpad at Kennedy Space Center at 4:53 p.m. as tens […]

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