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until now Here I am at the Kennedy Space
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Center Cape Canaveral analytically this
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amazing place and they fantastic finger
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art and to see you can do here
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when entering the center the first major
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attraction is the rocket garden a
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collection of the type used for the
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Mercury Gemini and Apollo space programs
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you can walk on the actual gangway if
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the Apollo astronauts used to board
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the highlight of the visit for me though
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is a space shuttle Atlantis exhibition
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standing close to this craft is
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thrilling knowing that it ventured into
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space 33 times between October 1985 in
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July 2011 spending between 4 and 12 days
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a quarter of all the 135 missions
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the shuttles performed was done by the
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Atlantis there's the shuttle launch
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experience simulator right of the
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adventurous a chance to see the vehicle
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that delivered the crew to the launch
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pad and a sobering reminder the two
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shuttles the Challenger and the Columbia
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were lost in accidents the hall also has
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a mock-up of the Hubble telescope which
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the shuttles both delivered into space I
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played a key role in repairing you can
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board shuttle buses to head out to view
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the enormous Vehicle Assembly Building
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one of the biggest single storey
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buildings in the world where the
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shuttles another craft were assembled
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before being taken to the paths the
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driver the buses passes the launch
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control center and then onto the pads
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themselves still active in launching
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craft the drop-off is at the 7/5 Center
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to see a simulation of an Apollo launch
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before walking under one of the enormous
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Saturn 5 Rockets until this program the
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previous ones had largely used adapted
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ballistic missiles but this was designed
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to hit man the impetus to get to the
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moon which it did successfully back in
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the main complex is some remarkable IMAX
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movie theaters a focus on the program to
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get men to Mars a chance to meet and eat
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an actual astronaut has been to space
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and shop in the world's largest space
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shop there is also a very sobering
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reminder for all of those over the years
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who have lost their lives in the
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American space program remember for more
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YouTube channel or visit the website
