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Apollo/Saturn
V Center
The Apollo/Saturn V center features an actual 363-foot
Saturn V moon rocket. Besides, there are presentations
in two theaters and a large exhibition area with interactive
displays, that highlight America’s great achievement
of landing humans on the moon and returning them safely
to Earth. |
Rocket
Garden
Rocket Garden is a collection of rockets that launched
astronauts and machines into space including a Mercury
Redstone, similar to the one that carried Alan Shepard
into space. Another special vehicle in the collection
is an awe-inspiring Mercury Atlas identical to the rocket
that carried John Glenn into space for America's first
orbit. |
| Austronaut
Encounter
Guests to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will
now have the opportunity to come face-to-face with a
real astronaut every day of the year. This innovative
program consists of question and answer sessions, mission
briefings, video footage, space artifacts and personal
stories of space travel as told by those who have lived
it. |
IMAX theatres
On the huge IMAX screens two 3D films
are showcased: "Space Station" (showing astronauts from
the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia and Europe,
who collectively have spent thousands of hours in space)
and "The Dream is alive" (featuring spectacular in-flight
footage shot by NASA astronauts on three separate missions).
Cape Canaveral: then and now |
| The tour highlights the
Cape’s 50-year history of space exploration. Sites and
stops include Alan Shepard’s Mercury training facility
at Hanger S to Launch Complexes 40/41, the sites from
which the Voyager probes, the Viking Mars Landers and
most recently, the Cassini Saturn probe were launched.
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NASA Up
Close
The tour is guided by a space program expert. Visitors
can explore Space Shuttle Launch Pads A and B, the Vehicle
Assembly Building (VAB), Shuttle Landing Facility, Crawler
Transporter and Crawlerway |
