Kennedy Space Center Tour to Include Vehicle Assembly Building
October 25th, 2011 | 
Author: Consider it, one small step for NASA and one giant leap for guests at the Kennedy Space Center.
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has announced a special new close-up tour offering guests a unique glimpse inside NASA’s Vehicle Assembly Building.
Other than NASA personnel and astronauts, few people have been inside the Vehicle Assembly Building where space shuttles were assembled and readied for launch.
However, the VAB will be part of a new Kennedy Space Center Up-Close tour to be offered eight times daily for a limited time beginning Nov. 1. Also, for a very limited time, tour guests may actually see a space shuttle inside the VAB. Shuttles are being prepared for future display in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Florida.
Space shuttle Atlantis will be permanently displayed at Kennedy Space Center beginning in 2013.
Other stops on the two-hour Up-Close tour will include glimpse of the following:
- NASA’s KSC Headquarters.
- Operations & Checkout building - the astronaut crew quarters before each launch and where they boarded the Astrovan to ride to the launch pad.
- NASA Causeway and its panoramic view of the area and the coast.
- Crawlerway - the wide route that led shuttles to the launch platform
- Orbiter Processing Facilities - where orbiters were processed and maintained between flights.
- Solid Rocket Booster Storage Areas.
- Famed countdown clock.
Admission to the KSC visitor center is $43 for adults and $33 for ages 3-11. Admission for the Up-Close tour will be an additional $25 adults and $19 ages 3-11. Please note that the VAB stop is not part of the regular KSC bus tour that’s included with the regular admission.
For tour details or reservations, visit http://www.kennedyspacecenter.com/. For details on discount attraction tickets and discount Orlando vacation packages, go to http://www.westgatereservations.com/.
Posted in Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
