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NASA's Space Center Admission Plus Houston City Tour

NASA's Space Center Admission Plus Houston City Tour

Overview

After your amazing Houston city tour ,experience the excitement of outer space on a visit to Space Center Houston, the official visitor center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center where you can hop aboard a tram for an orientation tour. One of Houston’s top attractions, Space Center Houston boasts a number of interactive displays with everything from space artifacts to a full-size rocket and space shuttle. See real astronauts at work at the NASA facility and learn about space exploration from fascinating hands-on exhibits. Your day also includes a morning 75 min. Houston city sightseeing tour by open-top bus before your visit.

City: Houston

Sun 17 Nov

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Starting at $89.95

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Sun 17 Nov

Starting at $89.95

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Guided tram tour at Space Center

Transportation to NASA Space Center and admission ticket is included

75 minute Houston city tour

Tour Map and orientation

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Driving time to and from the Space Center may vary due to high traffic and road construction (Space Center is 26+ miles from the city)
Collapsible wheelchairs with removable wheels can be accommodated providing the passenger is accompanied by someone who can assist them board and disembark.
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised

What To Expect

Houston City Tours

Start your tour at a Cowboy-themed Visitor Center, complete with Texas heritage artifacts and photo opportunities. In the waiting area, you'll find a coffee shop and souvenirs.

Discovery Green

See this beautiful urban park located in the heart of the GRB convention center area.

Minute Maid Park

See the home of the 2017 World Series Champions, the Houston Astros.

Downtown Historic District Market Square

Discover this historic Old Union square - an old place for commerce, a new place for art.

Tranquility Park

Built to commemorate the Apollo 11 moon landing in July 1969. It includes walkways, pools, and cylindrical water fountains.

Downtown Aquarium

Place for an adventurous and immersive experience in dining and activities

Sam Houston Park

Dedicated to the buildings and culture of Houston's past. The park, which was the first to be established in the city, was developed on land purchased by former Mayor Sam Brashier in 1900.

Space Center Houston

Lastly, make your way to Space Center Houston. Discover the exciting future and remarkable past of America’s human spaceflight program set among the largest collection of space artifacts in the southwestern United States. Also discover amazing new attractions. Guided tram tour is included in your admission tickets.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Reviews (394)

Karen R

Sep 2018

Even though a seemly amazing exhibit, not able to handle the size of the crowd attending. Waited for 1 and 1/2 hours to go on the Mission Control Tram Tour. The tour consisted of riding around the facility and having certain buildings pointed out. We did stop at Mission Control to see where the first messages from the moon were heard. Interesting, but not quite worth the 1 1/2 hour wait.( Suggestion- need more trams) Also, went to hear a former astronaut speak about her experience. That was interesting. However, they had trouble with the audio and at times we could not hear her. It would have helped if they had closed the doors to the auditorium. People were still coming in once she started speaking. Think it could be an awesome experience if some management skills were enhanced. Look to Disney Company for advice as to how to handle huge crowds more efficiently.

tahkli71

Sep 2018

Went with my grandson and brother. It was a very hot day but it did not deter us from taking the tram ride around the campus. The lines to board a tram were long but the fans kept us cool as we waited the 15 minutes or so for our tram. Got to see the engineering building from the inside and the Saturn V building. The balance of the tour is just a bunch of buildings. The entrance fee also allows you to tour the Boeing 747 and space shuttle that flew together (one on top of the other). Pretty amazing. The museum itself was also very informative and easy to navigate. Plenty of exhibits and hands on stuff for the kids. Touching an actual moon rock was also very cool. I would suggest not eating at their café. The food was terrible and almost inedible. If you can avoid it, I would. My grandson bought a freeze dried vanilla ice cream sandwich in the gift shop because he wanted to try "space food". It was interesting. I would suggest you all try it. Overall, good pricing for what we saw.

Sufiah W

Aug 2018

We are from the UK and planned to visit on 23rd August on our way from San Antonio to crystal beach. I checked the website for opening hours the day before so we would have had plenty of time. No mention of restricted hours but it was the day Mike Pence was there too and they limited access to the site apart from the initial display centre until 230. They were good enough to let us leave and come back later on but didn’t say that when the tram tours started running again they would only be the 30min version so we didn’t get to see mission control or the training centre. Feel ripped off to be honest as the best bits were left out and they didn’t make it all clear that would happen. Hope others have a better visit