![]() ![]() ![]() They had quite a few staff (high school/college age kids) who all seemed to be doing homework. I felt like museum was not well maintained. Many of the simulators were not running but each one coat money so if you had kids, this place would be more expensive than Disney!Īs we explored the museum, I felt that if I wasn’t SpaceCamp, they would rather I not be there. The movie had early show times (last was at 2pm). You can see what it is like in the iSS which was cool. The less fascinating side of museum had many replicas rather than original or actual pieces and parts of rockets. Outside was obsolete rockets and subs and helicopters. It had great time lines, interactive experiences, moon rocks, rocket pieces and more! This is the museum. The Saturn V hall (where the Thursday Biergarten is) is the most interesting part of the museum. It cost $30 per person to see a fraction of the museum. The plane was being washed so it was closed. Many of the attractions were closed due to space camp. The shuttle is out for new paint job until December. Spend $30/person to see a mediocre museum or go on Thursday, spend $25/person and see best part of museum AND have dinner? Bus tour was still full price, as was our second adult.)Īlthough there is no actual space shuttle that was used in space to see here, I would compare this stop very favorably with Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, which we have also visited. (Our membership covered one adult and up to 2 children's general admission. Ours did, and that made it a ton more affordable for us. I would highly suggest seeing if a children's museum or science center near your home has a reciprocal membership. It's significant, especially when you add on the bus tour. The only real downside is the cost to visit this site. There were simulators/rides both inside and outside, and the food at the on-site restaurant was surprisingly good, hot and fresh, although priced as one would expect. We also went into an area where the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems are being developed. We even got to talk to one of the managers. We visited the historic Redstone test site and went inside the Payload Operations Integration Center, where we saw people monitoring the science experiments on board the International Space Station. The bus tour had an extremely knowledgeable guide who has been taking tourists through for years. You have the amazing history, one of 3 places in the United States you can see a Saturn V rocket, one of a dozen places to see an Apollo command module, plus unique features such as the Apollo 13 Lunar Module trainer, the Apollo 12 crew quarantine trailer and a nicely sized moon rock. I wouldn't want to do this stop without including the bus tour, and they sold out within 1 hour of opening on the Saturday in February when we visited (not exactly peak visiting time!) I paid by credit card over the phone and had zero problem picking up those reserved tickets.Ī lot of places say there is something for everyone, but that's really true, here. I HIGHLY suggest calling the phone number for the center and reserving your bus tour tickets in advance. Our 10-year-old son's favorite part was climbing the rock wall. My husband's favorite part was the afternoon tour through the Marshall Space Flight Center. My favorite part of the day was the guided morning tour through the Davidson Center. ![]()
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