Space Center Houston Admission Ticket

Overview

Space Center Houston is one of Houston’s top attractions, the Official Visitor Center of NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston’s first Smithsonian Affiliate and a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence awardee. The center features more than 400 space artifacts as well as numerous permanent and traveling exhibits, attractions and theaters related to the exciting future and remarkable past of America’s human space-flight program – all for one admission price.

City: Houston

Tue 03 Feb

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What's Included

Entry/Admission to Space Center Houston

All exhibits and attractions

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Houston
1601 NASA Parkway,

Hours of operation subject to change without notice due to unforeseen events or circumstances. Check with local supplier to confirm hours of operation on your chosen day.

Note: Bring water bottles or plan to purchase beverages. Clear bags are highly recommended.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Additional Info

Wheelchair accessible
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Audio guide available in English and Spanish (additional fee)

What To Expect

Space Center Houston

Space Center Houston is designed to engage adults and children alike. There is always something new at Space Center Houston, with an amazing array of traveling exhibits and astounding events. Space Center Houston has the world’s largest collection of moon rocks and lunar samples for public view. Known around the world as the home of NASA Mission Control, International Space Station Mission Control and astronaut training, guests are taken behind the scenes to see NASA Johnson Space Center.

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Sjebevh

Jan 2025

A couple of issues we ran into: 1. Couldn’t purchase military discounted tickets online, therefore missed the opportunity to do the mission command tour because it was booked for the week. I could have paid full price and planned further out, didn’t know my travel plans until closer to my visit. 2. The museum was overcrowded, made it not enjoyable to see the exhibits. Reminded me of Disney world during peak season. 3. The plane/shuttle exhibit has no clear directions. Was able to see the inside of the shuttle but when we came back out the line was to the bottom of the stairs and only got worse and time passed. Recommend the crowds see the shuttle first in on line, then straight to the plane which has a direct exist to the ground level. Overall the trip was educational and enjoyed learning with the kids. Not a pleasant experience doing it.

NOTAMWIE

Dec 2024

Laying easy on the fascinating space travel, the visitor center is an absolute bull. Overcrowded, you make a 300 ft. Line to wait for a 3 minute tram trip to see the overwhelming Saturn V space ship (now inside a huge warehouse) with a mediocre information displays that look like they set them up a century ago, then again another 400 ft. line to get back up at the tram for the last 3 minute trip and thyr drop you off at the center… if you could go walking to the Saturn V it could be done in half the time. They say the opening hours are until 5 pm but that’s a big fat lie, because the trams start running an hour before and you will not have access to the Space Shuttle and other areas since one or half hour before the closing time. Of course the only open area until the last minute is the souvenir store. If you manage to move whithin a million people, every exhibit will be so crowded that you will always see the displays over some one’s shoulder. Bottom line, they have no idea how to care about the visitor’s experience, laying back on the facinating space program. I cannot encourage not to go, just be prepared for an overpriced and mediocre experience.

jackelineb824

Dec 2024

The experience was not the best regarding the logistics because of the lack of organization, but the attractions are very interesting and educational. After four hours of driving from our city, my family and I arrived to the parking lot, and no one told us to pay parking, but we figured it out because of the signs in the parking with the barcodes. Once we park we went to the line that was a 35 minutes wait. Once we were inside, there was a lot of people and after a couple of minutes we finally found an employee to ask where to start the tour by ourselves. There were two separate long lines for two of the attractions with a two and a half hour waiting time, and for one of them you have to pay an additional amount to be able to use it. Once it was 3:00 pm they close the line because it was too long and we could not even see those two attractions. We ended up just walking around and watching just one part of the exhibition. In my opinion they need to be more of organized and not to oversell the tickets, so the visitors are not overcrowded and can enjoy the exhibition.