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  • Read: New Attraction – Heroes and Legends Featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® – Breaks Ground at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
    May 29, 2015

    New Attraction – Heroes and Legends Featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame® – Breaks Ground at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

    Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex today broke ground on a next-generation attraction designed to touch the hearts and minds of the next generation of space explorers – Heroes and Legends, featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®, scheduled to open in 2016.
  • Read: View of Atlantis with Open Payload Bay Doors Open is Even More Rare Than Guests May Expect
    June 7, 2013

    View of Atlantis with Open Payload Bay Doors Open is Even More Rare Than Guests May Expect

    When guests visit SpaceShuttle Atlantis, they will be treated to a sight previously seen only by astronauts in space – Atlantis tilted at a 43.21-degree angle with its payload bay doors open as if it has just undocked from the International Space Station (ISS).
  • Read: Shuttle Launch Experience
    May 25, 2007

    Shuttle Launch Experience

    NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex today officially opened Shuttle Launch Experience. Joining Florida Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp and key officials for the attraction's premiere were NASA's veteran astronauts including Charlie Bolden, Rick Searfoss, John Young, Robert Crippin, Buzz Aldrin and Al Worden. The culmination of three years of development by veteran Space Shuttle astronauts, […]