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Florida: NASA Launch Countrol Center tours

 

Launching the tour

NASA Launch Control Center
NASA Launch Control Center
Kennedy Space Center

For the first time in more than 30 years, NASA is allowing Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex guests inside the Launch Control Center — where engineers supervised all of the 152 launches for the space shuttle and Apollo programs. The “Up-Close: Launch Control Center Tour,” the second in Kennedy Space Center’s special 50th anniversary series of rare-access tours, takes visitors inside Firing Room 4 led by a trained space expert. The tour will be offered through the end of the year.

Details: 877-313-2610 or www.KennedySpaceCenter.com.

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