This is an in-depth, private guided group tour of the NASA Space Center, the most popular tourist destination in Houston. Your guide is a real rocket scientist and an experienced space expert who will explain everything you see and answer all of your questions in a way you will easily understand. The tour provides a unique opportunity to learn about the history, current programs and future plans for space exploration from someone who actually worked on these remarkable systems. You will see the actual hardware used to fly our astronauts into space, touch a moon rock, walk through a space station, go inside the Space Shuttle, and tour the massive Saturn V rocket used to fly to the moon.
This interesting and fun tour is suitable for all ages - seniors, adults, teens, and children mature enough to enjoy the wonders of space flight.
Face masks are optional and social distancing is encouraged.
Meeting Point
1601 NASA Road 1
1601 NASA Road 1, Houston, TX 77058, USA
Meet INSIDE the Space Center Houston after parking your vehicle(s) and passing through the ticket scanners. Look for your guide wearing a red NASA baseball cap. Please note that your will be on your own to buy a General Admission ticket for each person in your tour group.
What's included:
- NASA Johnson Space Center Tram Tour
- Services of a Space Expert as your Tour Guide
Not included:
- Transportation to/from NASA will be on you own
- Gratuities
- Souvenirs
- NASA's Mission Control Facility
- On Your Own to buy General Admission Tickets for the Space Center Houston
What to expect:
Duration: between 4 hours and 5 hours
Space Center Houston
1601 NASA Parkway, , Houston, 77058-3145, Texas
Meet your guide INSIDE the Visitors Center after passing through the ticket scanners. View an excellent introduction to NASA's vision for human space flight. Visit the Starship Gallery, touch a real moon rock and walk through an actual space station. These are the actual capsules that carried NASA astronauts into space. Go inside the Space Shuttle at Independence Plaza. Your guide worked on this engineering marvel for 17 years. View the Apollo Lunar Lander that took astronauts to the surface of the moon. Take a short break for optional snacks, lunch, and drinks at the space "Food Lab". Please note that you will be on your own to buy a General Admission ticket for each person in your group.
Tickets can be purchased in advance on the Space Center Houston website (recommended) or on arrival (lines can be long and popular visit dates sell out sometimes).
2 hours • Admission Ticket Not Included
Space Center Houston
1601 NASA Parkway, , Houston, 77058-3145, Texas
Take a tram ride through the NASA Johnson Space Center. Visit the Rocket Park, including a guided walking tour of an actual Saturn V rocket that launched the Apollo astronauts to the moon. It's really big and very impressive. Your guide was right there when these massive rocket engines were tested.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Space Center Houston
1601 NASA Parkway, , Houston, 77058-3145, Texas
The tram will return you to the main visitors' center. Your guide will show you around the rocket engines and spacecraft that he worked on. After the guided tour, you will have some personal time for souvenir shopping and wandering around the spacesuits and spacecraft displays on your own.
1 hour • Admission Ticket Included
Space Center Houston
1601 NASA Parkway, , Houston, 77058-3145, Texas
Please note that group tours of Mission Control are separately managed by the Space Center Houston, with limited availability. Your tour guide is NOT authorized to lead you though a tour of the Historic Mission Control facility. Depending on availability, you may be able to visit Mission Control as part of a separate tour after your guided tour of the Space Center has finished. If an additional group tour of Mission Control is something you would like to do, please contact your guide to make these special arrangements in advance. The sooner the better :-)
1 hour • Admission Ticket Not Included
