25 Oct 2012
Space shuttle Atlantis moves to Kennedy centre
BY Tom Walker
Space shuttle Atlantis will make its final journey next month when it is moved into its new US$100m (76m euro, £64m) permanent home at the Kennedy Space Center.
Atlantis will make the 10-mile rolling journey from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the visitor complex atop the Orbiter Transportation System on 2 November.
The new Atlantis exhibit has been designed by PGAV Destinations and will become the landmark element of the Kennedy Space Centre's Visitor Complex.
It will anchor a 10-year master plan proposed by Delaware North Parks & Resorts, which has operated Kennedy Space Centre on behalf of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) since 1995.
Scheduled to open in mid-2013, the 65,000sq ft (6,000sq m) exhibit will provide guests with a unique vantage point to view Atlantis up close, while telling the story of the 30-year Space Shuttle Program through a number of hands on, interactive and immersive media.
Atlantis was decommissioned in July 2011. NASA decided that the shuttle should become a permanent visitor attraction and awarded Kennedy Space Centre the right to home the shuttle.
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