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Rocket Garden during the daytime

There’s so much to see and do during your first visit to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex that we’ve compiled a guide to help you plan ahead!


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At Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, history comes to life through incredible, rare and authentic space artifacts throughout our attractions. Check out what our fellow history enthusiasts should explore during their next visit.


Attraction Spotlight: Space Shuttle Atlantis

Space Shuttle Atlantis® is an awe-inspiring, don’t-miss attraction. Here is what you will see and experience when you add it to your day!


An early morning scene at the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39, with the space shuttle Columbia in position on Pad A at right. Launch for the STS-1 mission is set for April 10th with astronauts John W. Young and Robert L. Crippen aboard.

America returned to flight following the completion of the Apollo era missions, with the first launch of the Space Shuttle Program 40 years ago. The program pushed the boundaries of discovery and supported human spaceflight for 30 years.


A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after lifting off from historic Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on May 30, 2020, carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley to the International Space Station in a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule for the agency’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission.

From “one small step” to “we’ve had a problem”, read and reflect on quotes from astronauts who have played an integral part in NASA’s exploration of space.