News Archive / Tagged: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

• Gateway exhibit set to open spring 2022 at KSC Visitor Complex

  Cullen DesforgesDecember 8th, 2021

  The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida is preparing to open what will be its first free-standing exhibit building since opening the Atlantis exhibit in 2013.

• Final Delta II added to Kennedy Space Center’s rocket garden

  Cullen DesforgesMarch 31st, 2021

  The newly-stacked United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket stands proud at its final home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.

• KSCVC to temporarily close due to COVID-19 concerns, launches currently set to continue

  Sean CostelloMarch 14th, 2020

  On March 16, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC) will join the growing list of major central-Florida entertainment and amusement properties which have temporarily closed in consideration of the health risks associated with COVID-19, the novel coronavirus.

• Private astronauts to be included on Space Mirror Memorial

  Jason RhianJuly 16th, 2019

  There can be little doubt that the age of commercial space flight is here. A recent announcement made by the Astronaut Memorial Foundation has shown that another, more somber, milestone in this new age has been reached.

• US Mint unveils Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin

  Mike HowardJanuary 25th, 2019

  The United States Mint unveiled a series of commemorative coins celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

• Lockheed Martin, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex launch new Astronaut Training Experience

  Jason RhianAugust 17th, 2018

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin and the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex "launched" the new Astronaut Training Experience (ATX) on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018. The event was conducted with pomp, leading members of the space community and those who stand to benefit from this new attraction.

• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex announces Lockheed Martin as title sponsor of New Astronaut Training Experience

  Press ReleaseJuly 21st, 2018

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. -- Lockheed Martin has signed on to become the title sponsor for the Astronaut Training Experience® (ATX), the newest attraction at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. The ATX center uses immersive simulation technology to transport participants to Mars, train them to live and work in the harshest environments and teach them what it’s like to travel to the Red Planet, using real NASA science to address engineering challenges. The announcement was made by Therrin Protze, chief operating officer of Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

• ShareSpace Apollo 11 Gala held under KSCVC’s Saturn V

  SpaceFlight InsiderJuly 16th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Under one of the three surviving Saturn V Moon rockets, Buzz Aldrin's ShareSpace Foundation hosted a gala and auction in honor of mankind's first footsteps on another world on Saturday, July 15, 2017. 

• ‘Custom’ ride on the road to Mars unveiled at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

  Mike HowardJune 7th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — More and more, NASA and its family of contractors are focusing their attention on the Red Planet, and an event held at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Monday, June 5, showed off some sporty new wheels that any astronaut would love to use when cruising the flash-frozen plains of Mars.

• Astronaut Hall of Fame welcomes Foale, Ochoa to its ranks

  Jason RhianMay 20th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Two NASA astronauts joined the elite ranks of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame located at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex's $100 million Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit. Given that both Michael Foale and Ellen Ochoa flew on OV-104 (Atlantis), the duo makes the Friday, May 19, ceremony all the more poignant.

• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers free admission to fifth graders

  Press ReleaseMay 14th, 2017

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (May 11, 2017) – KENNEDY SPACE CENTER – Calling all future explorers! Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is offering a front row seat to NASA’s Journey to Mars for free to fifth graders nationwide this summer, with an invitation for a full-day of adventure and fun.

• Space Florida Vector R-ing in on new launch provider from Cape Canaveral

  Jason RhianMarch 25th, 2017

  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space Florida and Vector, a company with roots deep in the NewSpace movement unveiled the Vector-R rocket at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 46 (SLC-46) held on Saturday, March 25, 2017.

• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex highlights NASA’s Commercial Crew and Cargo Programs

  Jason RhianJanuary 14th, 2017

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — Just after the 2016 Thanksgiving holiday, NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex unveiled in the West wing of the IMAX Theater a display showcasing spacecraft that are being used on NASA's Commercial Crew and Cargo endeavors.

• Our SpaceFlight Heritage: Heroes and Legends exhibit opens at KSC Visitor Complex

  Jason RhianNovember 12th, 2016

  KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. — The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Astronaut Hall of Fame and Boeing unveiled the new Heroes and Legends exhibit at a star-studded event held on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. The Grand Opening was attended by 25 astronauts as well as their families and numerous experts within the industry.

• SME and 3D Technology Companies scan Orion model

  Jason RhianMarch 4th, 2016

  A model of NASA's new crew-rated spacecraft, Orion, had some rather special images taken of it this past week. The vehicle was scanned; the images from which will be used to produce replicas of the new vehicle. The model is located at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.