Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Previously known as Spaceport USA, Visitor Information Complex
Location	Merritt Island, Florida, United States
Coordinates	28°31′24″N 80°40′55″W / 28.5233°N 80.6819°W / 28.5233; -80.6819
Opened	August 1, 1967
Owner	NASA
Operated by	Delaware North Companies
Theme	NASA and space exploration
Operating season	open year-round
Attendance	1.7 million
Area	42 acres (17 ha)
Website	http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, and a range of bus tours of the spaceport. The "Space Shuttle Atlantis" exhibit contains the Atlantis orbiter and the Shuttle Launch Experience, a simulated ride into space. The center also provides astronaut training experiences, including a multi-axial chair and Mars Base simulator.^[1] The visitor complex also has daily presentations from a veteran NASA astronaut. A bus tour, included with admission, encompasses the separate Apollo/Saturn V Center. There were 1.7 million visitors to the visitor complex in 2016.^[2]