Thousands of Space Shuttle fans watched as the shuttle orbiter Discovery left Kennedy Space Center on a 747 jet yesterday morning. Discovery’s destination was its new home at the at the Udvar-Hazy branch of the Smithsonian Institution, at the Dulles Airport. A few dozen fans were in line at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor [...]

After 27 years of service, 39 missions, 246 astronauts carried, 365 days in space and 148,221,675 miles traveled, space shuttle orbiter Discovery is departing Kennedy Space Center for the last time. Guests will be able to be apart of the farewell celebration from April 14 through 17, 2012 at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. [...]

By Kevin Yee The first section of the new Fantasyland opened more than a week ago, and the Internet has been abuzz since. We take a closer look at some of the finer details. Numerous posters have been added to the construction walls, some giving hints of coming attractions like the Casey Jr. water play [...]

To mark the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Project Mercury, which made history by sending an American into orbit for the first time, the Kennedy Space Center is holding a celebration entitled “Celebrating 50 Years of Americans in Orbit”. It will take place on Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 starting at 9 a.m. with festivities taking place all [...]

Celebrate the season as the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex presents its first-ever “Holidays in Space.” Learn and celebrate the holiday traditions of each of the ISS international partners: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. Special holiday activities include: Space Skating Rink: Bring [...]

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex introduced a new stop in their Up-Close Tour this week. The new stop is the VAB, or Vehicle Assembly Building, where components of the Space Shuttle were joined together in preparation for launch. The three shuttle orbiters are being prepared for display in museums. Endeavour is currently in storage [...]

A limited number of guests each day will be able to enter and explore the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), inside the Kennedy Space Center starting on Nov. 1. The 525-foot tall building is where Apollo V rockets and even space shuttles were assembled for launch. For the past 30 years the building has been occupied [...]

On Aug. 5, between 11:34 a.m. and 12:43 p.m., the Juno spacecraft will be launching toward Jupiter aboard an Atlas V rocket, and Bill Nye the Science Guy is in town to help send it off. Juno should reach Jupiter, which is 445 million miles away, in July of 2016. The spacecraft is set to [...]

June 16, 2011 – Join hosts JD Trussell and Audrey Brown as they bring you the latest Orlando theme park and attraction news and more on this week’s episode. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH6sa8KBFtY In this week’s episode on location at Arabian Nights Dinner Attraction • Interviews and more from Discovery Cove’s Grand Reef opening • A look at [...]

Now that Star Wars Weekends is ending, sci-fi fans can turn their attention to the coast as Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex launches Sci-Fi Summer, a celebration of the last 50 years of human spaceflight and science fiction. Many of the events this summer center around Star Trek. For its first visit to the Southeast, [...]

Surrounded by the rockets in the garden at Kennedy Space Center, here’s your chance to learn the inside story about America’s favorite “feel good” ABC television show, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and help build a home for a deserving Brevard County family. An Extreme Makeover: Home Edition pep rally will be held at 7 p.m. [...]

Column by Derek Burgan Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, one of the more overlooked experiences to the average Orlando traveler, is offering several deals. The first is an online coupon for Florida residents which will give one free admission with one paid admission. Click Here to access this coupon, or go to kennedyspacecenter.com. Also, for [...]

I had the opportunity to see the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex at the crack of dawn, and quickly snapped these photos to share.

Star Trek Live, a new interactive stage show made its worldwide debut at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. It will be presented five times a day in the facility’s 300-seat Astronaut Encounter Theater for a limited time.

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Millions of people held their breath while a single man stepped onto the moon’s surface – a journey that began just a short distance from where the Apollo/Saturn V Center stands today. Here at Kennedy Space Center, in a spacious facility featuring a real Saturn V rocket, the Apollo program returns spectacularly to life. The [...]

Here’s a picture of the shuttle launch, reflected in a pond near my house, not too far from Downtown Disney.

Here’s a quick video of tonight’s nighttime Space Shuttle Endeavour launch as seen over a lake near Walt Disney World. The video, shot with a pocket still camera, is not quite up to our regular standards – but it’s good enough to get an idea of what a night launch looks like from Orlando. For [...]

Framed by the backdrop of famous launch facilities, aerospace, aviation and astronauts will take to the skies for the second annual Space & Air Show at Kennedy Space Center featuring the Blue Angels this weekend, Nov. 8 and 9, 2008. On the heels of the successful U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds performance of 2007, the 2008 [...]

Celebrating 50 Years of NASA, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex kicks off the anniversary celebration at 7 p.m. this Saturday. Enjoy a performance by the Grammy Award winning band Survivor, followed by a spectacular fireworks show – live in the Rocket Garden. Upcoming concerts include: The Guess Who – Saturday, Oct. 25 at 5 p.m. [...]