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Shuttle Atlantis unwrapped ahead of public debut

April 25, 2013 Spaceflight Now

Workers removed the protective wrap that has cocooned space shuttle Atlantis while its $100 million new home was built around it at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Tim Macy, director of project development for the visitor complex describes the work and looks ahead to the opening of the new exhibit this June.

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  • SpaceX launches classified payload for National Reconnaissance Office
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  • SpaceX Falcon 9 launches Starlink satellites from West Coast
    July 25, 2026
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