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Welcomed by high-level Representatives of the facility, Steve Miley (Associate Director of the center) and Johnny Stephenson (Director of the Office of Strategic Analysis and Communications), the delegation had the opportunity to learn about the history of the center and grasp its main current activities:

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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.A European delegation led by the Consul General of France in Atlanta, Louis de Corail, also including the Consuls General of Germany, Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom based in Atlanta, accompanied by Armand Ousselin (Deputy CNES Representative in the United States), visited NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama on 12 December 2018. (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.

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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. Excellent exhibits that are well-curated, fantastic information provided throughout, knowledgeable staff.what more could you want?

We will certainly be taking more visitors here in the future. There was yet another kids' play area outside as well that included small rides (covered in admission cost)! Of course, the Saturn V is the most impressive, but it was neat seeing the Chinook helicopter, the Atlas rocket, the Hawk missiles, etc. Outside, between buildings, are several displays of rockets, missiles, and aircraft. There is a fun kids' play area which our toddlers enjoyed! They spent the majority of their time in this area with their grandma while the rest of us went on the tour. She was extremely knowledgeable about space exploration history and was able to answer all our questions.

In this building, we took a 45-minute tour and were very impressed with the guide.

The other building is the Davidson Center for Space Exploration, which contains one of only three Saturn V rockets left in existence! This hall is packed full of excellent exhibits and displays, starting with the history of Von Braun's V2 rocket and spanning through history to modern times (the ISS). The first building contains an exhibit called, 'Dare to Explore: The Frontiers of Space.' This exhibit showcases both former and current technologies of space exploration, from the space suits of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions to a 1/10th scale mock-up of ULA's Vulcan rocket. We took relatives here on their first visit to Huntsville, and we all had a great time!

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