"Apollo 13," which is heading to IMAX, recounts the perilous 1970 efforts of three astronauts to return to Earth safely ...

More than 55 years ago, three NASA astronauts had to abort their mission to the moon after a life-threatening malfunction aboard their spacecraft. Their tense journey back to Earth became the basis ...

Barely an hour's drive from Orlando, the legendary Kennedy Space Center immerses you in the far-flung frontier of NASA's space missions.

Got a Space Nerd in your car, then you have to visit a NASA site. NASA Visitor Centers are scattered across the U.S. and are based at Space Centers and research facilities. There, visitors will ...

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center guests check out the Gantry at LC-39, a new experience that includes a test-fire simulation. (Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel) ...

A new, one-of-a-kind experience at the Kennedy Space Center allows guests to feel the rocket rumble up close as if they were on a launch pad.

Happy Birthday, Kennedy Space Center! On July 1, 1962, NASA established the Launch Operations Center — which was later renamed the Kennedy Space Center — on the east coast of Florida. After ...

There’s now a new way to experience space history at the Kennedy Space Center.

Kennedy Space Center opened the Gantry at LC 39-A today, featuring 360-degree views of NASA's launchpads, spaceports, a new theater show, virtual rocket-building and an outdoor courtyard for ...

Visiting Florida's Space Coast? Tourists may want to see a launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center or Cape Canaveral, about an hour east of Orlando.

SpaceX is planning to ring in July with a doubleheader launch day. SpaceX has plans to launch the first rocket between 5:03 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. on July 1 from NASA's Kennedy Space Center Pad 39A ...