Seeing Atlantis on
public display is both exhilarating and sad. The retired space shuttle orbiter
officially went on view Saturday (June 29) at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor
Complex as part of a new $100 million exhibition.
The mighty spaceship,
which traveled to space and back 33 times over 26 years, is an awe-inspiring
sight, especially when you're standing just feet away. The new exhibition
displays space shuttle Atlantis as if she were in flight soaring over Earth,
tilted at an angle with cargo bay doors open and robotic arm extended. The
effect made me feel almost as if I was in space too.
