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Welcome to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Press Room
On this site, you’ll find the most up-to-date information on Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, the gateway for more than 1.5 million people annually to discover America’s space exploration program. We are dedicated to assisting the news and travel media with coordinating individual visits, group press trips, story ideas and fact checking.
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05.18.2012
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (May 18, 2012) – NASA is offering visitors rare access to several key areas of Kennedy Space Center during its 50th anniversary year to enhance a popular destination that already features an array of authentic attractions showcasing the space program and opportunities for up-close viewing of ongoing rocket launches. more >
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02.10.2012
50 years ago, Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn made history by becoming the first American to orbit the Earth. This stunning achievement relied upon the strength of a powerful Atlas rocket to successfully carry Glenn’s spacecraft, Friendship 7, into space. Nearly 50 years to the day of Glenn’s 1962 flight, an advanced United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket will lift-off from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex recognizes the historic ties between these events, and is offering visitors the opportunity to watch the Feb. 16 launch of the Atlas V, currently scheduled to occur between 5:46 and 6:30 p.m. more > |
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02.03.2012
In 1962, NASA’s Project Mercury made history by sending an American into orbit for the first time. To mark the 50th anniversary of this historic achievement, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is inviting the public to a celebration that will be headlined by Mercury astronauts John Glenn and Scott Carpenter, the first two Americans to orbit Earth. more >
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01.25.2012
Franklin R. Chang-Dìaz, Kevin P. Chilton and Charles J. Precourt will join an elite group of American space heroes as they are inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® during a ceremony at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Saturday, May 5, 2012. They will be welcomed to the ranks of legendary space pioneers like Neil Armstrong, John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Jim Lovell, Sally Ride and John Young – distinguished members of the Hall of Fame. more > |
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01.18.2012
On Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 11 a.m., Delaware North Parks & Resorts, in partnership with NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, broke ground on the future home of the space shuttle Atlantis to be located at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. NASA selected Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to permanently display space shuttle Atlantis in April 2011. more >
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11.04.2011
For the first time since 1978, guests at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will have the chance to tour inside the VAB on the KSC Up-Close tour to see firsthand where monstrous vehicles were assembled for launch, from the very first Saturn V rocket in the late 1960s to the very last space shuttle, STS-135 Atlantis, earlier this year. Making this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity even more special, for a very limited time, guests may see a space shuttle orbiter inside the VAB as they are being prepared for display in their new homes. more > |
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11.02.2011
Guests of all ages are invited to experience a weekend of “highs” at “Space, Air and Sea Weekend,” on Saturday, Nov. 5 and Sunday, Nov. 6 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and the Cocoa Beach Air Show, the largest annual event held in Brevard County. more > |
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08.05.2011
Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (August 5, 2011) – Thousands of people who gathered at Kennedy Space Center to watch Atlantis’ final flight, and thousands more who watched the Space Shuttle mission from their homes all over the world, turned to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Space Shop to commemorate the historic event. The final launch brought Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center its largest retail revenue day ever. more >
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06.10.2011
Experience the maiden voyage of Sci-Fi Summer: Where Science Fiction Meets Science Fact. NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex launches Sci-Fi Summer on June 11, 2011 more > |
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