Stellar new attractions in 2023 at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex invites visitors to ‘watch this space’ in 2023. 

With an exciting roster of new experiences and events, the visitor complex is ready for lift-off in 2023

Introducing the S.T.E.A.M. Team

Younger space enthusiasts will be educated (and entertained!) by the new S.T.E.A.M. Team at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Created to learn more about science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics through fun experiments, the Team will be featured in three scheduled shows daily as well as with carts throughout the visitor complex. The main performance, It’s a Matter of Fact, takes place inside the Universe Theater at 12 p.m., 1:15 p.m., and 4:15 p.m and is included with admission. During the show, guests will learn what matter is in three states – solid, liquid and gas – and see experiments using liquid nitrogen through engaging performances.

The Peanuts Gang in the Universe Theater

Beginning spring 2023, the visitor complex will begin featuring All Systems Are Go – an original, live, immersive educational entertainment experience. It features beloved Peanuts characters, including Snoopy, Woodstock, Charlie and Sally Brown, Linus, Lucy, Franklin and Schroeder. The 20-minute experience offered daily, will feature Peanuts cartoon personalities appearing as four to five-foot-tall articulated characters operated by puppeteers. The characters narrate the iconic history of NASA, the Artemis missions and future plans in an educational way.

Launches

On the heels of a record-setting year for rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station – more than 50 in 2022 – Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is gearing up for more than 80 forecasted for 2023. With so many launches scheduled, chances are excellent that a trip to the visitor complex could coincide with the bucket-list experience of seeing a rocket lift off.

Atlantis 10^th anniversary

June 29, 2023 will mark the 10^th anniversary of the opening of the Space Shuttle Atlantis^® attraction at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, home to the iconic orbiter that flew 33 missions. The Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction takes guests on a journey that mirrors the orbiter’s time in space and return to Earth. Guests greet the shuttle on the top floor, seeing her suspended in space as only astronauts saw her: with the payload bay doors open and Canadarm fully extended. Also featured are more than 60 interactive exhibits, including the Shuttle Launch Experience as well as Forever Remembered, which pays homage to the 14 crewmembers of Challenger and Columbia.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex brings to life the epic story of the U.S. space program, offering multiple days of fun, inspiration and educational activities. visit www.KennedySpaceCenter.com.

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