South Florida Travel | Kennedy Space Center

NASA's famous headquarters is just 45 minutes east of Orlando. Every year, millions of visitors make the trek to this island home of of space program technology and unique Florida wildlife. Kennedy Space Center is a full-day experience like no other. Meet one of NASA's heroes at Astronaut Encounter or walk among towering rockets in the Rocket Garden. Explore a life-size Space Shuttle mock-up, see a Gemini capsule in Early Space Exploration and even touch a piece of the red Planet.

Kennedy Space Center offers exciting ways to see the NASA facilities. For an introduction, embark upon the Kennedy Space Center Tour, running throughout the day and included with admission.

In two giant, back-to-back IMAX® theaters, the dream of spaceflight comes alive with a wall of sound, five-story screens and realistic 3D special effects. Dramatic footage shot by NASA Astronauts during actual missions will make you feel like you're launching - and floating - right alongside them.

At the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®, you can put yourself trough some of the same training that seperated NASA's best from the rest. It's an interactive look at the life of an Astronaut. here you'll also get the human story behind space travel, told trough the largest collection of personal Astronaut memorabilia ever assembled. Among the treasures: Wally Schirra's Sigma 7 Mercury spacecraft and the Apollo 14 Command Module.

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Compex is open every day except December 25 and certain launch days. Park opens at 9 a.m. and closing time varies according to season.
Kennedy Space center is located 45 minutes east of Orlando.
For more information www.KennedySpaceCenter.com