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NASA launch facility in Florida
Photo: NASA/Bill Inglais, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is a spaceport in Florida, west of Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island. It is part of a region known as the "Space Coast", since most of the crewed United States spacecraft are launched from the Space Coast.
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This busy tourist attraction offers museums, movies, a rocket garden and bus tours of former shuttle preparation and launch facilities. This is an official federal site — however, the visitor complex is run by contractors for a profit, so prices are comparable to private tourist attractions, not a typical national park. Basic admission (a 1 day pass) includes an excellent bus tour (including the complimentary bus tour of Launch Complex 39 and the Apollo/Saturn V Center), the museums (including the exhibit featuring the Space Shuttle Atlantis), and the IMAX movies. Additional special tours or programs should be booked in advance since they sell out quickly. NOTE: this facility may *sometimes* be closed on launch days!
A small center, with detailed history about the Apollo program. This includes some replica parts about the same size as the real Apollo as well as some of the technologies they used in the old days.
American restaurant with wraps, salads, fajita melts and sandwiches.
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There appears to be no public transportation service to the Kennedy Space Center.
There are charging stations for electric vehicles inside the paid parking area for Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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