The MSL was launched from the KSC last November, and its nine month voyage is coming to an end.
Guests are invited to come back to the complex and share  in the historic landing with a host of Mars-themed activities, exhibits and presentations through Monday.
The car-sized Curiosity rover is equipped with the most advanced payload of scientific gear ever deployed to the surface of Mars. Much like a robotic field geologist and mobile geochemical and environmental laboratory, Curiosity will provide NASA scientists with new data for understanding Mars as a potential habitat for life, past or present.
Curiosity is scheduled to land at approximately 1:31 a.m. Monday,  with the landing shown live on NASA TV.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will mark the historic occasion with activities including:
LEGO Build the Future play area: Today and Sunday, children of all ages are invited to the LEGO Build the Future play area in the IMAX Theater Hubble Gallery. Presented in partnership by NASA and LEGO, the play area features 800,000 LEGO bricks for children and older-type visitors too,  to build their vision of the future. Guests will be admitted to the play area for a 45-minute period. Play area hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For a glimpse at LEGO activities, visit www.legospace.com
Special Mars Exhibits: The following Mars-themed exhibits will be available for all Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex guests during park hours through Monday:
“The 7 Minutes of Terror,” a video presentation about the Mars Curiosity Rover landing in Exploration Space.
“Drive the Rovers” in Exploration Space.
Launch Services Program display in the Main Entrance
Special Presentations:
Sunday
12 p.m. and 5 p.m. in Exploration Space, Jim Adams, NASA’s Deputy Chief Technologist, “How to Land on Mars”.
Monday
3 p.m. in Astronaut Encounter, Jim Adams, NASA’s Deputy Chief Technologist,
“Post-Landing Briefing”
NASA’s Deputy Chief Technologist Jim Adams was formerly the Deputy Director of NASA’s Planetary Science Division, overseeing the Discovery, New Frontiers, Lunar Science and Mars programs.     
*Mars Merchandise: Guests can shop for Mars-themed MSL merchandise when they visit The Space Shop onsite at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex or shop online at TheSpaceShop.com.
Special events celebrating the MSL landing are including in admission, which is $45 plus tax for adults and $35 plus tax for children ages 3-11.
KSC also has recently announced three new new behind the scenes tours:
KSC Up-Close: The Launch Pad Tour, in which guests can travel nearly a quarter-mile within the perimeter security fence of Launch Pad 39-A and enjoy a close view of the 350-foot-high fixed service structure, rotating service structure, propellant storage containers, water tanks, flame trench and other aspects of the launch pad complex. The highlight of the tour is the photo opportunity during the stop at the pad. Other sites on the tour include drive-by views of Launch Pad 39-B, the Vehicle Assembly Building and mobile launcher platforms.
KSC Up-Close: The Launch Control Center Tour, where guests can tour inside Firing Room 4, one of the LCC’s four firing rooms and the one from which all 21 shuttle launches since 2006 were controlled. Guests may pass by the computer consoles at which engineers monitored the computerized launch control system’s thousands of system checks every minute leading up to launch. Guests can also see the main launch countdown clock and many large video monitors on the walls, and enter the “bubble room,” with its wall of interior windows through which the Kennedy Space Center management team viewed the proceedings below.
KSC Up-Close: The Vehicle Assembly Building Tour, features an inside view of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Guests can walk along the Transfer Aisle used to move elements of rockets among the building’s four High Bays. Other sites on the tour include the NASA Causeway, A/B Camera Stop and the Apollo/Saturn V Center. For a limited time, guests have the opportunity to see space shuttle Atlantis up close.
All KSC Up-Close guided tours are $25 per adult and $19 per child (ages 3-11) plus tax, in addition to admission. Due to time constraints, multiple tours cannot be taken in the same day. Guided tours sell out daily; reservations are strongly suggested. Visit kennedyspacecenter.com/ksc-tours.aspx or call 866-737-5235.
Those interested in attending multiple tours should consider purchasing an annual pass. In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Kennedy Space Center, annual passes have been discounted to just $50 for adults and include discounts on additional guests, food and beverages, and merchandise. For more information about the annual pass offer, visit: kennedyspacecenter.com/annual-pass-offer.aspx
About Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex opens daily at 9 a.m. Closing times vary by season.  Admission includes the Kennedy Space Center Tour, Shuttle Launch Experience, 3D IMAX space films, Astronaut Encounter, Exploration Space: Explorers Wanted and all exhibits. Admission also includes the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®, featuring historic spacecraft and the world’s largest collection of personal astronaut memorabilia, open from noon until 6:00 p.m. daily. Parking, wheelchairs, strollers and pet kennels are free of charge. Admission is $45 plus tax for adults and $35 plus tax for children ages 3-11. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Commander’s Club Annual Pass is $58 plus tax for adults and $48 plus tax for children ages 3-11.  For more information, call 877-313-2610 or visit www.KennedySpaceCenter.com .
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is operated by Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at KSC Inc., a division of Delaware North Companies, one of the world’s leading hospitality and food service providers. For more information, visit www.DelawareNorth.com.