NASA KSC Tours

NASA Kennedy Space Center Tours

A bus tour to the Apollo/Saturn V Center is included in the price of the admission ticket but there are two other guided bus tours that you can go on but it is advisable to buy your tickets in advance as there is limited availability.

Kennedy Space Center Tour

Included in the admission is a trip to the LC-39 Observation Gantry and the Apollo/Saturn V Center.

From the top of the 60 foot tall Launch Complex 39 Observation Gantry, you get a 360 degree view of the two giant Shuttle Launch Pads, 39A and 39B. You can also see the Launch Control Center, the massive Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) and the crawlerway leading to the launch pads.

The recently opened Apollo/Saturn V Center tells the history of the Apollo Moon landing programme and contains a complete Saturn V launch vehicle, Apollo capsule/lander and a lunar rover.

There are a couple of good books covering the Apollo moon landings if you are interested in the early history of the Kennedy Space Center.

The Kennedy Space Center Tour takes approximately 2 to 2 1/2 hours and runs continuously from 10:00 am every day at 15 minute intervals. Last tour starts at 3:45 pm.

NASA Discover KSC: Today & Tomorrow Guided Tour

This is very much a behind the scenes bus tour of the NASA complex and takes in the NASA headquarters, the Space Shuttle launch pads at Complex 39A and 39B, the shuttle landing facilities, the massive Vehicle Assembly Building and NASA's gigantic Crawler Transporters that take the fully assembled space shuttles from the VAB to the launch pads.

Another of the attractions is a visit to the International Space Station Center where from an elevated observation room you can see the actual processing bay where each space station component is checked out, processed in readiness for its trip into orbit aboard a space shuttle.

You can also enter a full-scale mock-up of the Habitation Module where the crew live, sleep and work.

Cape Canaveral: Then and Now Guided Tour

On the Cape Canaveral: Then and Now Tour you get to see some of the historic early launch sites of the the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programmes, precursors to today's space shuttle programme.

Amongst the stops are the Air Force Space and Missile Museum, the launch complex where Alan Shepard lifted off on America's first human spaceflight, as well as Apollo Launch Pad 34, the site of the tragic Apollo 1 fire.

This guided bus tour ends at the Apollo/Saturn V Center.

See also:- Kennedy Space Center main page | KSC tickets