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Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex lands at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex lands at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex lands at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center (Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex/Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex)
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BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A new experience has launched at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

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Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex officially opened Wednesday. The 50,000-square-foot building will allow guests to experience ā€œinterstellar travel of tomorrow while celebrating everything happening right now within the space program,ā€ a news release states.

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The new complex utilizes immersive education, atmospheric effects and a motion theater experience for guests to see, hear and feel what it’s like to travel in space.

ā€œGateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex is a bold new attraction where guests will personally experience NASA’s next giant leap and beyond, highlighting all the excitement within the space industry,ā€ said Therrin Protze, COO, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.

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Gateway also showcases NASA and commercial spacecraft including:

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne RL10 Upper-stage Rocket Engine
  • Boeing Starliner Simulator (scale model)
  • Lockheed Martin Space Habitat (scale mockup)
  • Orion Exploration Flight Test-1 Capsule (flight flown)
  • Sierra Space Dream Chaser (full-scale model)
  • SpaceX Cargo Dragon COTS-2 (flight flown)
  • SpaceX Falcon 9 booster (flight flown)
  • ULA Delta IV Heavy rocket (scale model)
  • ULA Vulcan rocket (scale model)

The complex also features Spaceport KSC, which transports guests to an airport of the future utilizing a two-story motion theater and more.

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See photos of the new complex in the gallery below:

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Adam Poulisse, WFTV.com

Adam Poulisse joined WFTV in November 2019.

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