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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
CELEBRATES 60 YEARS
Visitors can see a mock-up of the Mercury Control Room used in the 1960s. Can
you see the rotary dial telephone?
Also near the entrance, adjacent to
the Rocket Garden, is the Heroes
and Legends exhibit, including the
Astronauts Hall of Fame. The exhibit has
a mixed media and video presentation
that recounts the high points of the
early NASA manned space efforts.
From there you enter the Hall of Fame,
which features pictures and bios of top
American astronauts.
The Astronauts Hall of Fame features a history of NASA astronauts, from the
Mercury program to today.
There is a mock-up of the original
Mercury program Mission Control center.
It looks small and technologically out
of date compared to the large control
centers at Kennedy and the Johnson
Space Center in Houston.
The Journey To Mars exhibit is certainly
timely. It includes a multimedia presentation
on the missions to the Red Planet.
There are mock-ups of the Mars rovers
and a prototype model of what a future
manned rover may look like. There are interactive
games and simulators so you can
test your skills to become a Mars explorer.
ATLANTIS UP CLOSE
The star of the show is the space shuttle
Atlantis exhibit. At the entrance is a full
scale model of the rocket and external
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It’s a wonder on how the 4.5 million
pound space shuttle Atlantis ever
made it off the ground..
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