Houston Trip Overview
This is an in depth, 5 hour private tour of the Space Center Houston which is the most popular tourist destination in Houston. Your guide is a real rocket scientist and an experienced space expert who will explain everything you see and answer all of your questions in a way you will easily understand. The tour provides an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the history, current programs and future plans for space exploration. This is where NASA trains the astronauts and operates the US human space exploration programs. You will see the actual hardware used to fly our astronauts into space, touch a moon rock, go inside a space station, go inside the Space Shuttle, visit Mission Control and tour the massive Saturn V rocket used to fly to the moon.
This interesting and fun tour is suitable for all ages – seniors, youth and children mature enough to enjoy the wonders of space flight.
A face mask must be worn and social distancing is enforced throughout this tour.
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Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Houston, United States
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> Half-day Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Houston, Texas, United States
This is an in depth, 5 hour private tour of the Space Center Houston which is the most popular tourist destination in Houston. Your guide is a real rocket scientist and an experienced space expert who will explain everything you see and answer all of your questions in a way you will easily understand. The tour provides an extraordinary opportunity to learn about the history, current programs and future plans for space exploration. This is where NASA trains the astronauts and operates the US human space exploration programs. You will see the actual hardware used to fly our astronauts into space, touch a moon rock, go inside a space station, go inside the Space Shuttle, visit Mission Control and tour the massive Saturn V rocket used to fly to the moon.
This interesting and fun tour is suitable for all ages – seniors, youth and children mature enough to enjoy the wonders of space flight.
A face mask must be worn and social distancing is enforced throughout this tour.
Stop At: Space Center Houston, 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058-3145
– Meet your guide and receive your admission tickets.
– View an excellent introduction to NASA’s vision for human space flight.
– Visit the Starship Gallery, touch a real moon rock and walk through an actual space station. These are the real spacecraft that carried NASA astronauts into space.
– Go inside the Space Shuttle at Independence Plaza. Your guide worked on this engineering marvel for 17 years.
– A break for lunch and drinks at the “Food Lab”.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Space Center Houston, 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058-3145
– Take a tram ride through the NASA Johnson Space Center.
– Visit either the Mission Control facility or the Astronaut Training Facility.
– Visit the Rocket Park, including a guided walk tour of an actual Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo astronauts to the moon. It’s really impressive.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Space Center Houston, 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058-3145
– The tram ride will return you to the main visitors center.
– You will have some personal time after the guided tour ends for souvenir shopping and wandering around the spacesuits and spacecraft on your own.
Duration: 1 hour
