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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Tim Macy, Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts director of project development, described the Atlantis exhibit to members of the news media who media gather at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex for the announcement of the opening date of the date the facility will officially open and for the unveiling of the exhibit's newly designed logo. The space shuttle is wrapped in plastic to protect it during completion of construction. The 'Space Shuttle Atlantis' exhibit will open June 29, 2013. Last November, the space shuttle Atlantis made its historic final journey to its new home, traveling 10 miles from the Kennedy Space Center's Vehicle Assembly Building to the spaceport's visitor complex. The new $100 million Atlantis facility will be a 90,000-square-foot, interactive exhibit that tells the story of the 30-year Space Shuttle Program and highlights the future of space exploration. Photo credit: NASA_Jim Grossmann