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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

Sat 16 Nov

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Starting at $89.95

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Sat 16 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)

MTTraveling

Jun 2018

We had a group of 18. Everyone loved this place. The tours were excellent. The exhibits and info were really informative, fun, interactive. Food was good, bit expensive but good. Shops were goods. Every staff person we met was amazing. Highly recommend showing up early for outdoor stuff.

aussiewanderers

Jun 2018

We don't rate many things as excellent but this deserves it. But you do have to be smart about deciding what you see when, as not much effort is made by the Centre to make it easy to see everything. Firstly, the Tram Tour is a potential headache. Avoid waiting in line a long time by going on it as the first thing you do if you arrive early (which you must if you hope to see all there is to see in one day). NASA may be able to get people to the moon, but they apparently cannot efficiently design a tram tour. They have only one access gate to board the tram train which has about 30 rows of seats. 30 access gates would do the job in one tenth of the time. You are invited to line up for either a red or blue tram tour. No explanation of what the difference is until you reach the doors to go outside when you suddenly learn what is covered in your tour. How about a sign where you join the queue so you can make an informed decision. Oh, after the brochure & website encourages you to book (& pay entry) a timed ticket for the Tram Tour, guess what? Absolutely NO attention paid to timed tickets - everyone just lines up for a ride when they feel like it. That's the bad part. All the rest is good. Retired NASA employees give excellent explanations of some of the exhibits, but we couldn't see anywhere where the schedule for these appeared so you could plan to hear them. Other scheduled presentations in the various theatres are flagged to you in a brochure given when you buy tickets. On tickets, be aware that while the ticket office may open at 9am, the exhibits don't until 10am, so you have a wait. You need to plan your day according to the scheduled times presentations you want to see are held. Some are repeated and some are not. No-one advises you where to go in the very large exhibit building and although you are given a map, it is not always obvious where to go. For example, it is not obvious that to get to the best exhibit area, you have to go through their largest theatre to access it (Destiny Theatre i think). Not obvious that to get to the shuttle-carrying jumbo airplane, you have to go through both of the formerly mentioned areas. Bring your own lunch if you don't want to help fund most of the budget for their next launch via the very expensive Zero G cafeteria. Ditto for the gift shop. Allocate a whole day (10-5) if you want to see everything.

Michelle J

May 2018

The tour guide made this trip worth the money, but there are several things I wish I had known. First, it is NOT a hop-on/hop-off bus. Second, the bus I rode was not double-decker. It was one level and open (no top). It was very hot as we waited to begin the tour and throughout while we were at red lights. Third, basically you are receiving transportation to NASA and a ticket inside. No other guidance is provided by the tour company. NASA no longer books tram rides in advance; it is first-come, first-served, but that is NASAs issue, not the tour company's. The tour guide was very knowledgeable, articulate, and ~important~ did NOT bombard us with corny jokes to try to get tips. I think much of the misinformation about the tour is because other vendors sell tickets for the tours. For example, I bought my ticket through a site that had hop-on-hop-off-bus in its name, so I assumed it was indeed a hop-on-hop-off bus. When I called for information, I ended up talking to someone in the UK who acted like she was part of the tour and gave me incorrect information ("We always use double-decker buses!" "We have a room to store your luggage while you're on the tour." "We're open 9am - 10 pm.". I had no way to know that I was not talking to the employees who actually drive the bus and provide the tour. I'm not sure how they can fix this, but I believe they would receive better ratings if they did.