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

Fri 27 Dec

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What's Included

Entry/Admission to Space Center Houston

All exhibits and attractions

Route and map

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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)
Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
Face masks are recommended for fully vaccinated travelers and required for unvaccinated guests and all guests on Tram Tour. Children under 3 receive free admission but still need a timed admission ticket.

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

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Mojoblue717

Jun 2019

This tour was an included part of Our Deep South & Texas Coach Tour. The first thing to realise is that your are actually at a Visitor Center, NOT the NASA Johnson Space Center, parts of which you are bused to from the VC. The VC contains not only a cafe, gift shop,etc, but quite a number of interactive displays and a Space Shuttle Exhibit. There is also an excellent Saturn V exhibit in a large building , plus some large rocket exhibits, but they are away from the VC and require bus transportation. You can also get to visit the Astronauts Training Complex and Mission Control Center, which are part of the working Johnson site, but once again, you require bus transportation. The big problem is they just don't have enough buses, and if you are there in the afternoon, like we were, when its at its busiest, you spend a lot of time waiting in queues to get you round the site. WE managed to get to see Mission Control, where we had an excellent talk about its history, its set-up and whilst we were there could see them tracking the International Space Station, which was most interesting. We also visited the Saturn V building, which is a MUST, excellent and informative displays here. We also got to visit the Shuttle, but as the center closes at 5pm, and we never got there til just after 1.15pm, missed a lot of good exhibits. As with all these places found the shop/ cafe prices high. Well worth a visit, but give yourselves at least 6/7 hours.

777_Night_Owl

Jun 2019

Expect to spend the WHOLE day at Houston Space Center. We arrived at 11 and stayed until closing and missed some of the displays. The exhibits were informative and detailed. Space exploration ranged from historical space travel (Gemini, Mercury, Apollo and Shuttle flights), current space (International Space Station), and future (Mars exploration). When we visited, there were three (3) tours (expect an hour for each tour) that were included in the price of general admission. At the end of each tour, you get a chance to visit the "Rocket Garden" which houses a Saturn V rocket and if you want to bypass the rocket garden or already saw it, you can pick up any tram to get you back to main center. There is an area displaying a shuttle replica of Independence mounted on an actual Boeing shuttle aircraft carrier which allows visitors to walk through both. Food court was not outrageous in price. SAVING HINT: If you are going to be in Houston more than a day, you may want to consider purchasing Houston City Pass which will cover admission cost to JSC.

Mike_S

Jun 2019

Had a great time with my 16 year old grandson, the only disappointing aspect of our visit was the extremely heavy rain that closed the outside activities for the day - hence the overall rating. Would still highly recommend to fellow travelers.