Get lost in space at Kennedy
Space Center
 The
Kennedy Space Center complex offers guests an
opportunity to meet their favorite astronauts, tour full-size replicas of
shuttles and space stations and watch stirring films in the IMAX Theater.
The complex is multi-faceted and the only way to tour it all is with a
Maximum Access Pass, which gets you into the two IMAX theaters and onto a
guided bus tour that takes you around the different visitors and launch
pad observation areas.
One stop is the
60-foot-tall LC39 Observation Gantry, a multi-level deck that looks out at
two launch pads, the Crawlerway and Vehicle Assembly Building. On the
gantry’s bottom floor, there’s a theater presentation and interactive
room for behind-the-scenes and hands-on involvement.
At the Apollo/Saturn V Center, you can touch an actual moon rock,
gape at one of only three 363-foot moon rockets in existence overhead, and
step into the Firing Room Theater for a shuttle launch re-creation and to
engage in other interactive displays. The Lunar Theater presents a
multi-media show culminating in the landing of a moon module.
The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, in
addition to its tribute to America’s space heroes, adds space flight
simulators that jostle you across Martian terrain, turn you upside down
and let you experience zero gravity and G-force first-hand.
If you want to experience a launch
first-hand, simply time your visit around NASA’s next scheduled liftoff.
Tickets for on-site viewing are available through Kennedy Space Center or
you can watch for free from the beaches along A1A in Cape Canaveral and
Cocoa Beach. Call 321-449-4444 or visit www.kennedyspacecenter.com
for ticket information, launch schedules and general attraction
information. Weather and technical problems often delay launches, so you
may want to have an alternative activity planned.
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