Introduction

Welcome Home SPACE SHUTTLE Atlantis-  You can’t miss the entrance to the home of space shuttle Atlantis: a mighty full-scale space shuttle stack of two solid rocket boosters and orange external tank. Inside, Atlantis is displayed as only astronauts have seen her in space, rotated 43.21 degrees with payload doors open and Canadarm extended, as if just undocked from the International Space Station (ISS). One of three space-flown shuttles displayed in the United States, Space Shuttle Atlantis® showcases the orbiter spacecraft and tells the story of NASA’s 30-year Space Shuttle Program.

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Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit
Photo of space shuttle Atlantis being brought to the Kennedy Space Center while a crowd greets it at its new exhibit.

Space shuttle Atlantis rollover to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 2012.

Space shuttle Atlantis sits on the Launch Pad at night in preparation for a flight.

Space shuttle Atlantis on Launch Pad 39A for STS-135, the final flight of the shuttle program. The last liftoff was July 8, 2011.

View of Atlantis from ISS on May 1997

Space shuttle Atlantis as seen from Russia’s Mir Space Station in 1997 during STS-84.

A nose to nose view of Atlantis greet guests at the exhibit.
View of the space shuttle Atlantis exhibit from above, with the shuttles cargo bay doors open
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Plan Your Mission
Children interacting with touch panels in the Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit.

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