New Admission Fees at Kennedy Space Center

Visitors to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex now must pay to see the formerly free Rocket Garden (containing rockets used by NASA over four decades) and a full-size replica of a space shuttle orbiter.

Under the center’s new price structure, adults pay $24 and children ages 3 to 11 pay $15 for entry to the complex. Previously, adults paid $14 to $26, depending on which attractions they visited. A bus tour and IMAX films are now part of the single all-inclusive price, which must also be paid to view the Rocket Garden and orbiter replica.

The extra money will help finance a $120-million, five-year expansion of the complex into a full-day attraction, officials said. More than 2.8 million people visited the complex last year.