Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

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Standing beneath the Space Shuttle Atlantis on Merritt Island, guests say you can't help but be impressed: the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex turns real spaceflight hardware into an awe-inspiring day out. The bus tour to the Apollo/Saturn V Center, the Rocket Garden and astronaut encounters keep the history close enough to touch, and the sheer scale of the Saturn V stops people mid-sentence. Tickets, food and parking run steep, but visitors keep calling it educational at its best and worth the time and cost.

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