Six Awe‑Inspiring Ways to Celebrate America’s Space Legacy at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
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Celebrate America's 250 Anniversary at the Heart of Space Exploration
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex welcomes you to explore new frontiers, from embarking on thrilling simulated journeys into the deepest reaches of space to discovering remarkable feats of early rocket science technology. Design and digitally launch rockets, or touch an actual lunar sample. Start planning now for ways to expand your horizons during America’s milestone year.
NASA's Kennedy Space Center, adjacent to Cape Canaveral, Florida, has been pioneering American space exploration for over 60 years. As a premier NASA space center, it has been a hub for Apollo Moon missions, the space shuttle, and now Artemis missions, as well as our nation's vast scientific leadership and trailblazing spirit. What better place than at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex to commemorate America's 250th birthday than at this heart of American space travel. Here are six ways to Discover Something Real®.
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From historic milestones to cutting‑edge missions, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers countless ways to connect with the spirit of exploration that defines our country
Space Shuttle Atlantis®
Enjoy a nostalgic look at the actual space shuttle Atlantis and delve into this key NASA orbiter’s 30-year legacy, which includes a crucial role in assembling the International Space Station. The building features over 60 interactive and high-tech exhibits, including a full-scale mockup of the Hubble Space Telescope and a shuttle “re-entry” slide. Its “Forever Remembered” exhibit honors the legacies of the fallen astronauts from both Challenger and Columbia.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis®
Embark on a guided motor coach tour of the space center: the birthplace of American spaceflight and the launchpad of American Moon landings and space shuttle launches. Stops include The Gantry at LC‑39 and the Apollo/Saturn V Center, home to the jaw-dropping, 363-foot-tall Saturn V rocket and the Firing Room, a multimedia experience that takes you back in time to Apollo 8’s historic 1968 launch.
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Apollo/Saturn V Center
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A Bus Tour Behind the Gates
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The Gantry at LC‑39
As the visitor complex’s newest attraction, this interactive Gantry at LC‑39 experience offers 360-degree views of active launch pads from its four-story observation tower. Simulated, full-scale engine test-fires also occur every 30 or so minutes. Try your hand at building and virtually launching rockets, catching expansive views of neighboring active launch pads, or learning how the planet is changing inside NASA's Earth Information Center.
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The Gantry at LC-39
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The Rocket Garden
Enjoy an expert-guided tour of rockets used in the early days of NASA's Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo Programs, and walk among literal giants. The Rocket Garden represents the foundation of American space exploration, with rockets such as the Mercury-Redstone, which in 1961 launched the first American astronaut into space; and the Saturn 1B, the last surviving flight-ready vehicle of its kind anywhere on Earth.
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The Rocket Garden
Six Ways to Celebrate America’s Space Legacy at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
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Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex
From partaking in a virtual reality experience inside a replica of Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule to marveling at the first flown Orion capsule, KSC’s modern, multi-level attraction curates the now and next of space travel. Notable highlights include a massive SpaceX booster suspended from the ceiling, and a 4D motion theater in which visitors can “embark” on four distinct interactive solar system journeys, including a mission to Mars.
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Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex
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Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex
From marveling at the first flown NASA Orion capsule to partaking in a virtual reality experience inside a replica of Blue Origin’s New Shepard crew capsule, KSC’s modern, multi-level attraction curates the now and next of space travel. Notable highlights include a massive SpaceX booster suspended from the ceiling, and a 4D motion theater in which visitors can “embark” on four distinct interactive solar system journeys, including a mission to Mars.
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Making Space for What’s Real
Commemorate America’s semiquincentennial at the place where U.S. space travel began. Whether it’s counting down to upcoming Artemis missions—key steps toward returning to the Moon and future crewed missions to Mars—or honoring the lives of American space pioneers at our immersive experience, Heroes and Legends featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, there are ample ways to celebrate. Purchase your souvenir “Rocket’s Red Glare” patch honoring 250 years of America and its many fearless explorers.
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Heroes and Legends Exhibit