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You don't have to be an astronaut to explore space. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex provides an exhilarating and educational experience of the space program.
From NASA's earliest manned missions to the crews of today's Space Shuttle, scores of Astronaut heroes have lived, trained and left their mark here at Kennedy Space Center. Now it's your turn to explore. Nowhere else can you see, touch and hear more about the workings of America's space program -- or get so close to the amazing machines that launched a nation into space and kept it there for more than 40 years.
NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center is America's premier gateway to the universe. As the world's only launch site for the Space Shuttle, Kennedy prepares the vehicles for each mission, operates each countdown and manages end-of-mission landing recovery activities. The Center also coordinates all expendable vehicle launches carrying a NASA payload, whether the launches take place at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, or elsewhere. Finally, as the last Earthly stop for International Space Station hardware, Kennedy prepares these elements for their missions in space.
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Where else in the world do history and the future, nature and technology, young and old meet for an unforgettable and inspirational journey through space and time? The Kennedy Space Center has hosted millions of guests from around the world for more than 30 years. Fewer than 500 men and women – of the Earth’s six billion people – have ever flown in space.
But each day at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, guests get the rare opportunity to meet a real-life member of NASA’s Astronaut Corps.
The daily briefings allow plenty of time for guest interaction. So bring your questions – and your camera.
The Maxium Access admission ticket include's all of the attractions at Kennedy Space Center.
During the NASA Restricted Area bus tour, you will visit the
The Saturn V Exhibition and the Observation Gantry where you can also take pictures of the shuttle launch pads 25a and 25b.
With a little luck, you might even see a space shuttle there! After the bus tour, sit back and enjoy an 2 IMAX movie's back at the visitor center or stroll through a real-size space shuttle, look at a moon rock and have "space" ice cream.
Your journey into mankind's greatest adventure start's at the Visitor Complex, where amazing exhibits and inspiring shows will immerse you into the past, present and future of the space program.
Strap in and experience interactive space flight simulators at the Astronaut Hall of Fame. Touch a real piece of Mars, see gigantic rockets, board the Space Shuttle Explorer and much more.
Scattered throughout the facility are interactive displays, such as a Shuttle landing simulation,rare memorabilia detailing how America became fascinated with handful of men who were the pioneers of space flight, and the unique perspectives of space flight told by the Astronauts themselves.
NEW SHUTTLE LAUNCH EXPERIENCE
The journey begins as visitors enter the Shuttle Launch Simulation Facility, architecturally consistent with Space Shuttle facilities at Kennedy Space Center. Visitors ascend along the gantry as astronaut testimonials set the stage for what is to come. Entering the heart of Space Shuttle operations for the prelaunch briefing, crew members are guided by veteran Space Shuttle Commander Charlie Bolden as he takes them step-by-step through the launch sequence. They then enter the crew cabin in the Space Shuttle’s payload bay and strap in for launch. For the next five minutes, the cabin’s 44 passengers see, feel and live the powerful journey to 17,500 mph. Achieving orbit, the payload bay doors open to reveal a breathtaking view of Earth seldom seen in the first person.
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Shuttle Launch Experience combines the detailed accounts of astronaut experiences with the expertise of
premiere design engineers to produce an experience unique to attractions around the world. The technical
highlights include an all-to-real simulation of the space shuttle’s eight and a half minute ascent into orbit,
custom-designed crew cabins with unprecedented vertical range, high-definition audiovisual effects, and
advanced seating effects to maximize the reality of the experience.
Along with the NASA and DNC Parks & Resorts team, operators of Kennedy Space Center Visitor
Complex, attraction experts have designed and engineered Shuttle Launch Experience into the most
realistic launch simulation ever created. Shuttle Launch Experience is designed by BRC Imagination
Arts, who also designed the Apollo/Saturn V Center which opened in 1997 at the Visitor Complex.
BRPH Companies Inc. serves as the architect and construction manager. The crew cabin simulator
fabrication is by Oceaneering and the crew cabin concept designer and engineer is The Wheel Thing, Inc.
Technomedia Solutions is providing audio, visual and show control. HW Davis Construction is the
general contractor of the facility.
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KENNEDY IMAX®
In two giant IMAX® theaters, the dream of spaceflight comes alive with a wall of sound, five-story screen and realistic 3D special effects. Dramatic footage shot by NASA astronauts during actual missions will make you feel like you’re floating right alongside them.
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Magnificent Desolation"
Walking on the Moon 3D” – Presented and narrated by Tom Hanks, Magnificent Desolation features rarely seen NASA footage with live-action renditions of the lunar landscape to propel audiences nearly a quarter-million miles above the Earth's surface.
“Space Station 3D” – Blast-off into space with the astronauts and cosmonauts from Florida's Kennedy Space Center and Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome to rendezvous with their new home in orbit 220 miles above Earth. Narrated by Tom Cruise "SPACE STATION 3D" is a story of challenges, setbacks and triumphs and ultimately, the shared international victory of men and women whose dreams exceed the limits of life on this Earth.
ASTRUNAUT MEMORIAL
The Space Mirror Memorial, designated as a national memorial by Congress and President George Bush, was dedicated in 1991. The Astronaut Memorial honors the 24 U.S. astronauts who gave their lives for space exploration. The names of the fallen astronauts from Columbia STS-107, Challenger STS-51L, and Apollo 1, as well as the astronauts from training and commercial airplane accidents are emblazoned on the monument’s 42 ½ foot high by 50-foot wide black granite surface as if to be projected into the heavens.
The Space Mirror Memorial is a project of The Astronauts Memorial Foundation and was paid for by Florida residents who purchased special Challenger mission automobile license plates.
Using the comedic antics of Professor Pruvitt, and his wacky colleagues, Kelvin and WD-4D, "Mad Mission to Mars 2025" transforms the audience into "astronaut trainees."
MAD MISSION TO MARS
Live action, hands-on fun, stereoscopic 3-D computer animation and spectacular theatrical effects-including artificial winds and splatter cannons-combine to take guests on a unique and educational voyage through the cosmos.
THE ROCKET GARDEN
Travel back in time and history in the Rocket Garden.
Dramatic lighting brings these historic rockets back to life with an adventurous and patriotic scheme, highlighting each fuselage with brilliant white uplight, bathing the site with techno-blue accents and heating the engines with flickering red-orange light.
Here visitors can experience the very same Redstone, Atlas and Titan rockets that first put NASA astronauts in space. Climb-aboard Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules give the young - and the young at heart - an idea of the cramped quarters America's astronaut pioneers endured.
Free tours of the Rocket Garden are given at 10:30 a.m. and
4:00 p.m. daily.
Admission required.
SPACE SHUTTLE PLAZA
In the Space Shuttle Plaza, guests are met with a jaw-dropping, full-sized NASA Space Shuttle replica - Explorer.
Here you can experience how astronauts live and work aboard real spacecraft. Sharing the plaza with Explorer are the other components needed to launch the orbiter: a huge external fuel tank and twin solid rocket boosters.
Next to the Space Shuttle Explorer is the Launch Status Center, where visitors receive live briefings on NASA launch and space flight activity.
Please see daily schudule for show times.
Experience the sights, sounds and sensations of launch at the NEW Shuttle Launch Experience attraction across from the Space Shuttle Explorer.
APOLLO SATURN V CENTER
Millions of people held their breath while a single man stepped onto the moon’s surface – a journey that began just a short distance from where the Apollo/Saturn V Center stands today. For those who remember, the event remains in their minds just as those footprints remain in the lunar soil.
Here, in a spacious facility featuring a massive, real Saturn V rocket, the Apollo program returns spectacularly to life.
The Apollo/Saturn V Center is a tribute to the Apollo astronauts and the machines that got them there – and brought them home safely.
LC-39 OBSERVATION GANTRY
The 60-foot-tall Launch Complex 39 Observation Gantry provides a breathtaking 360-view of the two giant Shuttle Launch Pads, 39A and 39B. The panorama also encompasses the Launch Control Center, the well-traveled crawlerway and the massive Vehicle Assembly Building. A theater presentation and interactive room at the gantry’s base gives you a behind-the-scenes briefing on what it takes to launch and land every NASA Space Shuttle.
INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION CENTER
Now it's your turn to climb aboard the International Space Station. The International Space Station is "the dream that seemed impossible" - the most ambitious space program since the Apollo moon landings.
This fascinating facility gives you an up-close glimpse inside the actual facility where NASA is preparing the real components of the International Space Station - the largest, most complex structure ever to be placed into orbit
Enter the full-scale mock-up of the Habitation Module and see the facilities that Space Station crewmembers will use for living, sleeping and working quarters.
An elevated observation room overlooks the actual processing bay where each Space Station component is checked out, processed and readied for its trip into orbit.
SECURITY INFORMATION
Due to the military action being taken abroad, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has increased security on property. As of this time, the following items are not permitted at the Visitor Complex:
Fire arms of any type (with or without a permit)
Ammunition (live or spent)
Pepper/mace sprays
Knives of any size
Box cutters or like items
Nail clippers with knife blades
Any other sharp/pointed items, including pointed scissors or nail files
Additionally:
Coolers, luggage or other large bags are not permitted through the front gate.
All bags, purses and other items will be opened and inspected at the Visitor Complex. (Procedures to search all bags carried into the Complex by visitors & employees are actions taken as part of the increase in security and not part of a specific threat to our facilities.)
All electronic devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players, mobile/cellular phones, video recorders, voice recorders and pagers must be in working condition before entering the complex. Devices that cannot be powered on, broken devices or devices without properly charged batteries will not be permitted through the front gate.
Stand alone GPS equipment is not permitted on property.
If any of the above items are discovered, you will be asked to return them to your vehicle. If you choose not to return the items to your vehicle, you must surrender them to a security officer. Surrendered items will not be returned to you.
Since all guests pass through the metal detectors, please reduce the number of items you normally carry.
Visitors could face delays entering the park as a result of the searches.
Thank you for your patience, understanding and your patriotic support of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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