Visitor center
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Space Commerce Wy, Merritt Island, FL 32953, USA
Rocket-filled visitor complex where a retired space shuttle hangs suspended as if still in orbit.
This guide to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex begins in a darkened theater with a shuttle launch countdown, then the screen falls away to reveal Atlantis suspended overhead at a deliberate, unusual tilt. It moves from that entrance display into the orbiter's real career, from its first flight in October 1985 to the mission that closed out the three-decade space shuttle program in 2011. Take a moment under the tilted wing before moving on.
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