{"id":3091,"date":"2013-06-30T05:15:32","date_gmt":"2013-06-30T05:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3091"},"modified":"2013-07-02T19:43:31","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T19:43:31","slug":"space-shuttle-atlantis-exhibit-opens-at-kennedy-space-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3091","title":{"rendered":"Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit opens at Kennedy Space Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennedyspacecenter.com\/the-experience\/atlantis-shuttle-experience.aspx\" target=\"_d\">NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit<\/a> opened on Saturday at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kennedyspacecenter.com\/the-experience\/atlantis-shuttle-experience.aspx\" target=\"_d\">Kennedy Space Center<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.collectspace.com\/news\/news-062913a.html\" target=\"_d\">Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on public display in Florida &#8211; collectSPACE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2013\/06\/30\/atlantis-exhibit-makes-public-debut-at-kennedy-space-center\/2476079\/\" target=\"_d\">Atlantis exhibit debuts at Kennedy Space Center &#8211; USA Today<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video of the opening ceremony:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FdKWe9_OPTs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Caption:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A massive 184 foot replica orange fuel tank with twin solid boosters stands over a newly unveiled Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit just miles from where it was launched thirty-three times into orbit. With Cargo bay doors opened and on a forty-three degree slant to allow visitors to peer where only astronauts ans engineers once could, the $100 million dollar exhibition gives on lookers a near 360 viewing experience as never before.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanying Space Shuttle Atlantis is a life-size model of the Hubble Telescope, mock shuttle interiors, an EVA suit and other exhibits that tell the story of NASA&#8217;s Atlantis and how it helped shape space history. In attendance was NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden and KSC Director Bob Cabana, both previous shuttle astronauts, and other community leaders and guests.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Update<\/strong>: Lots of pictures of the exhibition: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spaceflightnow.com\/shuttle\/sts135\/130629opening\/gallery.html\" target=\"_d\">STS-135 | Atlantis attraction at KSC Visitor Complex &#8211; Spaceflight Now<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0 NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit opened on Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center \u00a0Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on public display in Florida &#8211; collectSPACE Atlantis exhibit debuts at Kennedy Space Center &#8211; USA Today Here&#8217;s a video of the opening ceremony: Caption: A massive 184 foot replica orange fuel tank with twin solid boosters &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3091\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit opens at Kennedy Space Center<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-history","category-rockets"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-NR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11785,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=11785","url_meta":{"origin":3091,"position":0},"title":"Videos: TMRO SpacePods &#8211; Commercial space, Space shuttle tours, New spacecraft, Space junk impacts &#038; Gen Rel","author":"TopSpacer","date":"November 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Below\u00a0are the latest TMRO.tv SpacePod short video reports. 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