Located on the east coast of Florida, hardly an hour from the state’s most popular city, Orlando, and midway between Jacksonville and Miami, NASA is where you can see nature and technology at its best. The Space center shares its property with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and almost half of its area was allocated as part of the Canaveral National Seashore by the Congress in the year 1975.

The most ideal destination in the world to be in, if you love space and space travel, NASA is the place from where people can take home an inspirational and memorable journey through time and space. The space
center is indeed a story book, the most interesting and informative of its kind, turning the pages of which you can enlighten yourselves on man’s epic journey to the Moon, the history and the technology of
how orbited satellites were launched and how they went on to improve the quality of human lives et cetera. As the fact remains that there are still many pages to be filled as people here are continuously
striving to unwind the mysteries that are knotted around our cosmos, the popularity of NASA keeps growing with only the sky as its limit.

The good news is that many among NASA’s installations are open to the general public who are invited to tour and visit the place. There are even a few NASA centers which operate their own visitor centers.
Though admission fees are charged at some sites, you can be sure that it is definitely worth your money to visit this space center that has been exploring the secrets of our Universe.

Since its inception way back in the year 1958, the space center has hogged a lot of limelight for the very many technological and scientific feats that it has achieved over the years. In fact a visit
to Orlando is never complete without paying visit to this space center where you can plunge into mankind’s ultimate journey.

NASA is the only place in the planet where you are gifted with a once in a life-time opportunity to tour launch areas, get to see herculean rockets, connect with veteran astronauts, enjoy live shows, take a
close look at the space centers landing and launching facilities, experience real life simulation and interactive training and even getto see shuttles before they take off.

The hub of technology and discovery which saw the greatest accomplishments of mankind has several attractions which feature hands-on experience and enlivening exhibits. “The Shuttle Launch
Experience” gift visitors an electrifying launch experience. With sights, atmospheric sound and lighting effects and all the feeling and excitement of a real space shuttle launch you can embark on your own
exciting journey here. The two huge IMAX theaters with a giantfive-story screen show breathtaking footage shots of NASA astronauts whilst they were on their actual missions. The 3-D special effects
makes it look like you are really floating aside these space hero’s. Visitors can make optimum use of the KSC tours which operate here, guided by space program experts which seek to help visitors take a
deeper and clearer look into the operations of the space center.

The U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, the Exploration Space, Rocket Garden, Apollo/Saturn V Center, Space Shuttle Plaza, LC 39 Observation Gantry, Astronaut Memorial, Children’s Play Dome and the Hubble Telescope
Exhibit are the other equally entertaining, informative and enlightening attractions here.

Prepare yourselves for a journey through time at this epic space center -NASA!