Kennedy Space Center Announces Dates and Unveils Logos for New Angry Birds, Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibits

The new logo for the Atlantis exhibit.  The logo was unveiled on Thursday, February 21, 2013

Kennedy Space Center is about to open two new exhibits at the Visitors Center.

Opening March 22, 2013 will be the Angry Birds Space Encounterattraction.  Based on the popular app the new exhibit will transport guests to the universe of the Angry Birds.  After passing through a wormhole from our world to the one of Angry Birds guests will be able to create their own angry bird on a computer, solve Angry Bird themed sliding puzzle to reveal one of the Angry Bird characters, a green screen photo area where guests can photograph themselves with Angry Bird themed backgrounds, and play a slingshot target game where guests will be able to launch Angry Birds at targets just like in the app. There will also be a the Red Planet Laser Challenge and the Danger Zone mirror maze.


Then on June, 29th the new Space Shuttle Atlantisexhibit will open.  The exhibit features the Space Shuttle Atlantis placed at a 43 degree angle simulating the position of it when it would leave the International Space Station.  The payload doors will be opened and the robotic arm extended, the only one of the three shuttles on display to feature the open doors.  The new exhibit will cover the history of the space-shuttle program via 60 interactive stations within the 90,000sq ft facility.  The entrance to the exhibit will feature a 184 foot tall full-size, upright, replica external tank and two solid rocket boosters along with a silhouette of the orbiter.

In January the Visitors Center opened a new $16million entrance plaza.  The new exhibits and plaza are just the beginning of a new Master Growth Plan that calls for major additions to be built over the next ten years.  Other items in the works include a new 363ft tall Observation Tower and new night time show.


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