Everything they say is possible in the Happiest Place on Earth and America‘s most cosmic state but Florida really does promise the Moon, particularly this weekend.
As the four Artemis II astronauts head home after travelling farther from Earth than anyone in history.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is inviting holidaymakers to enjoy a space adventure of their own – in Florida!
Where their mission started at the start of this month from the Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39B.
And where we’ve been seeing those out of this world pictures and feeds.
Now Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is, I don’t have to tell you, at an hour’s drive from Orlando, is the closest you can get to space without leaving Earth.
Where you can stand where real missions launch, though obviously not in live time (yet).
Fly me to the moon
Guests can get a hands-on feel for the story of humans in space.
Through thrilling simulators, behind-the-scenes tours, interactive exhibits, and larger-than-life 3D space films.
From standing nose‑to‑nose with the legendary Space Shuttle Atlantis and feeling the rumble of lift‑off on the Shuttle Launch Experience.
To walking beneath the awe‑inspiring Saturn V Moon rocket at the Apollo/Saturn V Center.
The complex brings NASA’s most iconic achievements to life.
In The Rocket Garden, Heroes & Legends featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
And the chance too to meet a real NASA astronaut.
The magic bus
Now while the showcase transport at Kennedy is obviously the rocket it is reassuring to see that there will always be a need for the humble bus.
And your Kennedy Space Center Bus Tour will take guests behind the gates of America’s most storied spaceport.
And offer you an up‑close look at the restricted areas where space history has been – and continues to be – made.
Guests travel through NASA’s working launch facilities.
Passing the Vehicle Assembly Building and the Launch Complex 39 – the very site from which Artemis II astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen left Earth.
For their ten‑day journey around the Moon, complete with their own loo challenges.
Then there is The Gantry at LC‑39, a reimagined observation gantry offering 360° views across active launch pads.
And NASA’s working spaceport, placing guests at the heart of the action.
Build your own rocket
Visitors can design and virtually launch their own rocket at the Rocket Build Interactive, feel the intensity of a Test Fire Simulation.
For a glimpse what lies ahead, Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex showcases the spacecraft, missions and innovations defining the next era of exploration.
Guests can explore a range of modern spacecraft, interact with robotic explorers, peer into the James Webb Holotube, and board Spaceport KSC.
For one of four motion‑theatre ‘journeys’ to destinations such as Mars, Saturn and the Horsehead Nebula.
Thrillseekers can push the experience even further with the New Shepard Flight to Space simulator, the and Hyperdeck VR Mission Moon.
Which is a high‑intensity, multi‑sensory virtual reality adventure which sees four players compete with one another in a race across the lunar surface.
And all for very little of your Earth money
And new for 2026 is Fraggle Rock: A Space-y Adventure.
An original live show that brings the Fraggles face-to-face with NASA’s real-life space explorers.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex also offers the closest public viewing of live rocket launches.
Giving guests the chance to witness real spacecraft lift-off from just a few miles away.
And all of this without breaking your piggy bank of earth money, with single-day admission at $77 per adult, $67 per child.
And a two-day ticket available for $91 per adult and $81 per child. For more information on Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
And, of course, Orlando is an airline hub and is well-served with other other-worldly attractions like Pluto who is still miffed that he doesn’t share his name with a planet any more.
