Miami – He Kennedy Space Center (KSC, in English) of Florida This Thursday opened ‘The Gantry at LC-39’, an interactive and immersive experience that reproduces the iconic service tower of the 39 launch complex of the POT and allows visitors to recreate the real sensation of a launch.
Located among some of the most emblematic launch platforms of space exploration, the new attraction of the KSC visitors center highlights the location of LC-39 within a National Wildlife Refuge, underlining the union between the great achievements of humanity and the beauty of planet Earth.
The experience offers a complete view of the KSC, NASA’s main space launch center in the east of the country of manned and not manned missions, and its active platforms, along with a variety of immersive exhibitions.
Visitors can also be located under a real -scale rocket engine while simulating a static ignition, with deafening sound, light and refreshing fog that recreates the real sensation of a launch, in the Fire Simulation test.
“The Gantry at LC-39 marks a bold step forward in our mission of awakening curiosity and promoting learning among the next generation of explorers,” said Theerrin Protze, director of operations of the KSC Visitors Center.
Located in the historic launch complex from where the Apollo and the ferry missions took off, this new attraction “combines a powerful narrative, interactive technology and current NASA Earth Sciences research to create a memorable connection with the past, the present and the future of space exploration,” he explained.
It has the Earth Information Center (EIC), a dynamic data center with an immersive theater show, a ‘hyperwall’ screen or visualization composed of multiple monitors or synchronized panels, and an interactive gallery that offers a complete vision of the changes that the planet is experiencing and its vital impact on Earth.
There is also an area where visitors can design and launch virtually rockets: the Rocket Build Interactive, in which the emotion of the space flight is experienced from a launch site with a view to the active space ports of the Kennedy Space Center.
It also has a privileged point to observe real rocket releases, with a large LED screen showing multimedia content to support the experience.