KSC Visitor's Center - September 16th, 2007
KSC Visitor Center
Astronaut HOF
Launch Pads:
Mercury
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Gemini
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Apollo
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Finally take the time and money ($40) to visit the . . .
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Behold, two Atlas rockets in the rocket garden
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Missing Titan II ICBM put Gemini capsules into orbit
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Kids can get a feel for the room in a Gemini capsule
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Mercury Atlas put John Glenn into orbit on 2/20/62
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Don't even bother trying to squeeze into
a tiny one-man Mercury capsule
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Mercury Redstone put the first American,
Alan Shepard, into space on May 5, 1961
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Atlas-Agena sent 8 Rangers to the moon starting
in 1962 to find landing sites for Apollo
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1962 Delta Telstar telecomm SAT for RealTime TV signals
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Juno 1 put the Explorer I satellite into orbit on 1/31/58
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Juno II sent Pioneer 4 past the moon on 3/3/59
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Saturn 1B launched unmanned Apollo 5 and . . .
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3-man Apollo 7 plus 3 separate Skylab crews to orbit
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Kids are invited to try out the comfy capsule
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Closed off test capsule for your viewing pleasure
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Saturn V had 5 J-2s on 2nd stage & 1 on 3rd stage
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Five F-1 engines powered the Saturn V's 1st stage
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Eight H-1 engines powered Saturn 1B's 1st stage
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Take a walk for a complete shot of the Saturn 1B
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And another shot of the rocket garden uprights
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Not another annoying Comcast Cable TV commercial!
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Robot scouts are trailblazers for human exploration
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Starquester 2000 introduces us to his way off friends
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Viking, Pioneer & Magellan all report home for us
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The scout's data will help build the future Mars base
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Over to the reflecting pond by the Space Mirror
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Natural light is reflected into the back of the mirror
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The Space Mirror Memorial was designated a national
memorial by Congress and President Bush
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The black granite monument is 42.5 feet high
and 50 feet wide
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The Astronaut Memorial honors the 24 Astronauts
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. . . who gave their lives for space exploration
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Paid for by Florida residents who purchased special
Challenger mission automobile license plates
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Rocket park's Saturn 1B appears beyond the pond
and past the double IMAX theater on the left
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The memorial is dedicated to those who believe
the conquest of space is worth the risk of life
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Challenger top, Apollo 1 middle, and the other
astronauts who have given their lives for the
cause of conquering new frontiers
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Sadly, Columbia astronauts were added in 2003
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Impressive brass relief of fallen astronauts
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Over to the shuttle and SRB stack mockup
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Life sized twin SRBs and External Tank mockup
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Shuttle Rocket Boosters push the shuttle off the pad
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Look out! They are coming to life!
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Nope, it is just a massive brush burnoff
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Smoke is visible beyond the External Tank
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Head back towards the shuttle mockup
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Explorer has two levels to investigate
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No cameras in the Shuttle Launch Experience
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Got a headache from the Shuttle Launch Experience
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Hope the Explorer is a little less dynamic
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View of the flight deck from under an A/C vent!
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Checked out the Intelsat in the payload bay
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Over to Exploration in the New Millennium
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An actual Mars meteorite has been rubbed smooth
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Viking landed on Mars in 1976 and operated 6 years
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Hubble Space Telescope mockup
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Cassini-Huygens sent to Saturn in October, 1997
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Space family symbolizes the future of exploration
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Final look at Exploration in the New Millennium
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Brush burnoff smoke fills the skies beyond the cafe
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Sycamore planted from seeds taken on Apollo 14
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Final view of Rocket Park upon departing the Center
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Ash and soot cover the rent car in the parking lot