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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Merritt Island, FL · Space Coast

About

America's working spaceport doubles as a place you can walk right up to the hardware that left the planet. Stand beneath the real Space Shuttle Atlantis tilted as if mid-orbit, crane your neck under the 363-foot Saturn V laid out on its side, and stroll the open-air Rocket Garden where Mercury, Gemini and Apollo boosters stand against the Space Coast sky. Bus tours carry you out past the launch pads and the colossal Vehicle Assembly Building, close to where rockets still fly today.

Highlights

Space Shuttle Atlantis displayed tilted with payload bay doors openApollo/Saturn V Center built around a real 363-foot moon rocketOpen-air Rocket Garden of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo launch vehiclesBus tours out to the launch pads and the Vehicle Assembly BuildingHeroes & Legends and the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame

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