If NASA’s Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex acts as a space set theme park, its latest attraction is NASA’s unique “TOMORROWLAND” take.
“Gateway: Deep Space Launch Site (Opens in a new tab)With the opening on June 15th, the general public will not only be able to take a step forward, but will also be able to dive into the future of space travel. However, unlike the fantasy-based experiences found elsewhere in Florida, the gateway is based on actual activity in the 21st century in the United States. A multi-user spaceport of the century.
“Gateways are” new and next “for NASA and the space industry,” said Therrin Protze, Chief Operating Officer of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, in an interview with collectSPACE.com. “We really focused with many space partners on what’s happening now and what’s happening in the future.”
“But when you go up [into the building], You enter another part of the attraction, “Spaceport KSC”. This is what we think the spaceport will look like in the future, “Protze said.
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Part of the museum and 4D experience, the 50,000-square-foot (4,600-square-meter) multi-level gateway emerges from the far end of the visitor complex’s iconic Rocket Garden. (Opens in a new tab), Places vehicles in the past and vehicles in the near future side by side. However, each gateway artifact attracts guests in an interactive way, rather than just a static display.
“Through these interactions, we are very focused on the next educational aspect of NASA and the space industry,” says Protze.
Upon entering the gateway, visitor center guests become “space travelers” and are immediately surrounded by full-fledged flight hardware and life-size models. These are placed around the floor and hung from above to allow 360 degree visibility. Some of the spacecraft are ported from the center’s previous NASA Now gallery, such as the Orion Exploration Flight Test-1. (Opens in a new tab) (EFT-1) Capsules that flew in 2014, but many are new.
Visitors will encounter the Cutaway Aerojet Rocketdyne RL-10 engine, which is the upper power source for NASA’s Artemis Space Launch System (SLS) Moon Rocket. A mockup of Lockheed Martin from Deep Space Habitaka. The first dragon capsule that SpaceX visited the International Space Station. Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Crew Simulator for spacecraft.
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Overhead hangs a full-scale model of the Dream Chaser Spaceplane in Sierra Space, which is set to make its first trip to the space station in 2023, and is one of the SpaceX Falcon Heavyside Boosters that spans the length of the hall. is (Opens in a new tab) Helped to deploy CEO Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster (Opens in a new tab) In orbit around the sun in 2018.
As a showcase now and in the near future (Opens in a new tab)The gallery is designed to advance as new developments take place in space flight.
“We made it so that it could evolve,” Protze said. “As new things become available and we continue to work with our space partners, we can change their exhibits.”
Going upstairs, guests can operate floor-to-ceiling digital walls to learn about 40 satellites and space probes. Here you can also access HoloTube to work with holographic images, videos and animations about NASA’s next-generation James Webb Space Telescope.
All of this leads to “Spaceport KSC” and is named after the attraction. Visitors will be taken to the airport of the future and will see all the atmospheric chatter and out-of-window views of the lively launch and landing that would be associated with the busy terminal. The four gates provide boarding to four destinations: Cosmic Wonders, Daring Explorers, Red Planet and Uncharted Worlds.
“There are four different gates that allow you to make four different journeys in a simulated space flight. When loaded onto a simulated spaceplane, you’ll see a safety video and a unique dome experience, a 4D experience. You get it. Learn everything about the solar system. “
Each “spaceplane” is about four and a half minutes long, with 22 people sitting on it, whether or not they travel to Mars, exoplanets, and even the scenery revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Each journey is different, how to get back to Earth.
“Two spacecraft will land horizontally on the runway and two will land vertically,” Protze said. “In the future, there will be multiple spacecraft, all of which have different ideas about how they want to launch and land.”
In addition to exhibits and experiences, the gateway also includes a new restaurant. Space Bowl Bistro offers bowls with a choice of red sea bream and protein, from quinoa, rice, green and noodle bases to proteins such as barbecue short ribs, marinated ribs and jackfruit.
The Ribbon Cut is planned for the opening on June 15th and is attended by many NASA stakeholders and gateways. Access to “Gateway: Deep Space Launch Site” (Opens in a new tab)“It is included in the regular admission fee to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
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