Knowing the Kennedy Space Center in Florida

It's not just Disney or Universal Studios, the Kennedy Space Center in Florida is an attractionón different and recommended for the whole family.

¿Tired of attractions tíspikes and collapsed? ¿Are AvGeek o SpaceGeek? At the Kennedy Space Center findáIt's a relaxed atmosphere, short rows, prices más convenient and a space full of history aerospace.

Kennedy Space Center en Florida

Locationón

• Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, SR 405, FL 32899

¿Cóhow to get there?

Lo máIt's recommended as always, is renting a car to get around USA usually. To get to the KSC, It's quite simple using Google Maps (personally, i prefer this app) o Waze.

From Fort Lauderdale, airport where I arrivedé, the transfer time by car is 3 hours and caníto vary by route conditions and trafficáfico. So don't forget to plan your travel times to be able to enjoy the moment.ágreat experience.

At the KSC there is a large parking lot, which can be prepaid online by $10 dólares that covers the entire dayíto visit.

Cost

Various types of tickets are offered at the KSC, personally, usedé úonly the pass 1 día (prices in dóhomes).

• Step from a día: 
  • Adults older than 12 años: $57
  • under 12 años: $47
  • Older than 55 años: $50
• Multi-días:
  • Adults older than 12 años: $82
  • under 12 años: $67
• annual passes:
  • Adults older than 12 añthem since: $96
  • under 12 añthem since: $78

Each ticket has its benefits, you can review them HEREÍ. as usual, the trips areán planned to dedicate a díto each park, the day pass is the best and más econólittle optionón.

Schedules

• Of 9 am a 18 pm.

Tour to Kennedy Space Center

I recommend arriving as soon as possible.ás early and close to KSC opening time to enjoy the máximo the día, tours and attractions.

Inside the Visitors Cender, they find each other 9 attractions, which can all be visited in one dayíto quietly.

It should be noted, that some of these attractions have additional costs such as having lunch with an astronaut, training to be an astronaut, mars simulator, additional tours and others.

Personally, I don't consider myself a space lover, withí of aviationón, but I have always found all the history and technology very interesting.íwhat's behindás about the whole space theme, that even, has required greater technological developmentsólogical and giant monetary investments to be able to make them.

All this history and development is shown in the first attraction.ón, the heroes & Legends, This space is sponsored by Boeing, so it is a must see.

James Arthur Lovell, mission commanderón Apollos 13, which I sufferedó a cr. flawítica on the way to the moon, but I managedó return to Earth safely. There are several photos of outstanding people in the world.

representón idéAttic to the control room of the first manned space missions.

On Heroes & Legends are various uniforms, helmets and hundreds of memories of the first missions that put man in space for the first time.

There are several visits that can be made and it depends on the tastes of each one. There is a great general gift shop, but alsoén there is another specialized Space Shuttle Atlantis. Movie Features at IMAX, research centersón and others.

For those of us who like airplanes, a necessary stop is the Northrop T-38 Talon High Speed ​​and G-Force Training, as welléat the Memorial Center, where tribute is paid to all the astronauts who have died in the various missions that did not conclude with ésuccess.

With a bus tour that lasts 45 minutes and has no additional cost, it is done by presenting the entrance tickets, you can tour various areas of the entire complex, visiting the construction center up closeón of the ferries, drop zones and many others.

This tour that tells that vídeos and a guídriver, all englishés, It is very entertaining and the best, is that it ends in the Apollo / Saturn V Center, place where you can meet más in detail the development of these missions.

This visit lastsón of some 30 minutes, which has exhibits, dramatizationón of a launch and museums. Time depends on attentionón that one wants to put, spaghettién hay un gift shop.

The sizeñor rockets is impressive and allows us to realize that the space race is on another level. ¡Recommended visitísima!

Buses back to the KSC leave every 10 minutes and they have no cost.

Upon return from Apollo / Saturn V Center, the visit continuesó at Space Shuttle Atlantis, úlast space shuttle in operation, are última missionón was he 21 July 2011, closing this chapterítitle after completing 33 missions in space.

Al dífrom today, The United States is working on a new concept of space travel, with new technologyíwhat is itá developing hereí same. Dutyíto see the lightñO 2023 to start tests, since the dífrom today, it all depends on russia.

The sizeñor fuel tanks is incredibleíble, draws attentionón that astronauts have always been «mounted» in huge bombs, out of your control.

Within the space reserved for the Space Shuttle Atlantis landing simulators are found (noté almost half an hour in them), games, vídeos and más. Safety pin.

At 6 o'clock, the KSC closes its doors, but the feelingón having learned a lot about topics that generally in our regionón they sound like a myth or very distant it is indescribable.

a must see, how little is promoted, but that should not be missing in your prónext visit to Florida.

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