Hotels and Accommodations near Kennedy Space Center | Florida's Space Coast Attractions
Florida's Space Coast is the only place on Earth where visitors can witness a live shuttle launch. If you plan on being in our area for a launch, you have two options for viewing one. A limited number of Launch Transportation Tickets for viewing selected Space Shuttle and Expendable Launch Vehicle launches on Center are available for purchase through Kennedy’s Visitor Complex. This ticket provides transportation to the KSC viewing site 7 miles from the shuttle pads. For details, call (321) 449-4444.
Even though Kennedy Space Center offers the best seats in the house, there are also many prime viewing areas outside of the complex such as along the shores of the Indian River, U.S. Space Walk of Fame, the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, the Cocoa Beach Pier or any of the beaches south of Port Canaveral.
Note: You can always find a current launch schedule here, but dates are always subject to change, so check back often.
Note: You can always find a current launch schedule here, but dates are always subject to change, so check back often.
| STS-131 | |
| Monday, April 5, 2010 , 6:21 a.m. EDT | Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A |
| Space shuttle Discovery will carry a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module filled with science racks that will be transferred to laboratories of the International Space Station. | |
| STS-132 | |
| Friday, May 14, 2010 , 2:28 p.m. EDT | Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A |
| Space shuttle Atlantis mission will carry an integrated cargo carrier to deliver maintenance and assembly hardware, including spare parts for space station systems. In addition, the second in a series of new pressurized components for Russia, a Mini Research Module, will be permanently attached to the bottom port of the Zarya module. | |
| STS-134 | |
| Thursday, July 29, 2010 , 7:51 a.m. EDT | Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A |
| Space shuttle Endeavour will deliver an EXPRESS Logistics Carrier-3 (ELC-3) and an Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) to the International Space Station. | |
| STS-133 | |
| Thursday, September 16, 2010 , 11:57 a.m. EDT | Kennedy Space Center - Launch Pad 39A |
| Space shuttle Discovery will deliver the Express Logistics Carrier 4 (ELC4), a Multi-Purpose Logistics Module (MLPM) and critical spare components to the International Space Station. | |
| Juno | |
| Friday, August 5, 2011 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. |
| The solar-powered Juno spacecraft is to orbit Jupiter's poles 33 times to find out more about the gas giant's origins, structure, atmosphere and magnetosphere. | |
| GRAIL | |
| Thursday, September 8, 2011 | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. |
| The Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory mission's primary science objectives will be to determine the structure of the lunar interior from crust to core and to advance understanding of the thermal evolution of the moon. | |
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View them from the river's edge
