Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center
Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has been opened to the public for tours.
The First Space Shuttle Launch
The first space shuttle mission, STS-1, launched on April 12, 1981, from Kennedy Space Center, with astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen on board space shuttle Columbia.
Gemini-Titan Rocket Rises Again at Kennedy Space Center
A Gemini-Titan rocket rejoined the other mighty machines displayed in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Sept. 22, 2010.
Columbia Memorial Service at the Space Mirror
The memorial service on the tenth anniversary of the Columbia tragedy took place at the Space Mirror Memorial, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, FLA.
'Shuttle Experience' Exhibit at Kennedy Space Center
An artist renders the “simulation briefing” room of the Shuttle Launch Experience, an launch simulator attraction being built at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Vehicle Assembly Building
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis is towed from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) before being put on display at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Space Shuttle Atlantis - KSC Display
Space shuttle Atlantis, seen here after being lifted and tilted inside its new $100 million exhibit facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida
Shuttle Atlantis Displayed Under Construction 2
The steel skeleton for the "Space Shuttle Atlantis" exhibit's entranceway solid rocket boosters begins to rise off the ground at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
"Space Shuttle Atlantis" Logo Unveiling
The new logo for the "Space Shuttle Atlantis" exhibit is unveiled by astronaut Jon McBride (left), Delaware North President Rick Abramson and Bill Moore, chief operating officer of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Feb. 21, 2013.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Preparing for Shuttle Display
Cranes remove a full-size, 149-foot-long, space shuttle solid rocket booster, or SRB, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida to make way for a new exhibit featuring space shuttle Atlantis, which is currently undergoing preparations to go on public display.
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