John F. Kennedy Space Center

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"The Kennedy Space Center was most famously the launch pad for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon in 1969. Today the complex welcomes around 1.5 million visitors a year, and encompasses more than 130 square miles. One of the main draws here is the actual space shuttle, the Atlantis orbiter, which goes hand-in-hand with the Shuttle Launch Experience, an immersive simulator. It’s a comprehensive space experience, with real-life artifacts and spacecraft mixed in with impressive multimedia presentations." - Paul Oswell

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Located in Florida, this space facility is serving as the launch site for the Swedish MoonHouse project, with the little red and white Swedish cottage scheduled to lift off from here on January 15 for a four‑month journey through space to the moon. The center is thus directly involved in a quirky modern art initiative that sends a piece of contemporary Swedish art to our natural satellite. - Liv Kelly

Made a costly wrong turn but finally made it to Kennedy Space Center. It feels too much like Disney World but then once you’re next to these rockets and spaceships you can’t help but really be in awe, Disney and all.