Atlantis space shuttle re-exported at the exhibition

Atlantis, the last spacecraft in the Space Agency's Space Shuttle (NASA) fleet, returns with a new mission to attract tourists.

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Overview of the Atlantis space display area at the Kennedy Space Center.This exhibition is worth 100 million USD and has just been put into service on June 29.(Photo: Space)

All astronauts from the Atlantis 33 flights from 1985 to 2011 were at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida on June 29 to attend the launch ceremony of the ship. The Atlantis display area is about 8.360 square meters in size with an outside highlight being a replica of a rocket, and a giant orange fuel tank. This exhibition is worth 100 million USD.

Inside the five-story building, Atlantis was hung at a height of 9 meters above the ground, and tilted at an angle of 43.21 degrees. At the venue, the Atlantis ship with two body doors opened and a copy of the robotic arm installed for visitors to admire. Stage lighting and a 12-meter-long digital backdrop, help visitors imagine as the Atlantis space shuttle is still operating in space.

Mr. Robert Cabana, director of the Kennedy Space Center, who has served four times as a space astronaut for NBCNews, said: 'We introduce Atlantis to tell us about the 30-year history of the shuttle program and a team. Great team has made all that '.

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Visitors were excited to see the shuttle at a close distance.(Photo: Space)

After the shuttle program ended two years ago, NASA handed the Discovery shuttles, Endeavor and Enterprise first shuttle to museums and science centers in Virginia, California and New York to serve. education work for future generations.

Atlantis, after the last landing on July 21, 2011, has been retained at NASA for educational purposes. Mr. Cabana added: 'It will start its second mission, it will become a symbol of the spacecraft and inspire scientists, engineers, future explorers. '.