Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center presents Star Trek Live!

STAR TREK LIVE at Kennedy Space Center, is a NEW interactive stage show based on the popular science-fiction franchise. In the show, the audience portrays new Starfleet cadets assembled for the first day at the Starfleet Academy led by its best and brightest. The theatrical performance caters to space fans of all ages featuring cutting-edge special effects, audience interaction and an exploration of space-age technology.

The show is included with regular admission and will be presented five times a day at Kennedy Space Center’s 300-seat Astronaut Encounter Theatre.

Some Kennedy Space Center highlights include...

Rocket Garden

The Rocket Gerden at the Kennedy Space Center features eight authentic rockets from the past, including the Mercury – Atlas rocket. Plus you can ‘climb in’ rocket replicas of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo and see inside these amazing capsules.

Shuttle Plaza

Explore a full size Space Shuttle Orbiter and see what it’s really like to live and work in outer Space.

Astronaut Memorial

This memorial is represented by a 42 ½ ft high ‘Space Mirror’ which illuminates the names of the U.S. astronauts who gave their lives for space exploration.

Astronaut Hall of Fame

This new attraction houses the world’s largest collection of astronaut memorabilia including displays, exhibits and tributes dedicated to the heroes of Mercury, Gemini and Apollo.

Shuttle Launch Experience

Embark on this fantastic journey as you experience the reality of Space. The Shuttle Launch Experience will put you in the shoes of an astronaut as you are launched into orbit aboard a Space Shuttle in this one of a kind simulator.

Dine with an Astronaut (included in Space Pass and ATX tickets.)

Sit down for a lunch you will never forget. Whilst enjoying a delicious lunch take in the tales of an astronaut’s life and marvel at their space exploration stories. If that wasn’t enough you will have the chance to take that all important photo with an astronaut, get to ask the astronaut anything and receive a souvenir autograph.

NASA UP Close Tour (included in Space Pass and ATX tickets.)

A trained space expert will take you on an up close tour through some restricted and mind blowing areas of the Kennedy Space Center complex. Be taken on a journey which will start with the space program from launch preparation to liftoff. The tour includes views of Space Shuttle Launch Pads, the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), and the Operations and Checkout building, where astronauts prepare for their flights.

IMAX® Films

Sit back and enjoy fantastic footage on the two five and a half storey IMAX® film screens which are the only back to back theatres in the World. Showing dramatic spaceflight footage shot by NASA astronauts you will be glued to your seat, this year showcasing:

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D

The Kennedy Space Center takes you on a journey to the lunar surface and experience walking on the moon with awe-inspiring astronauts, as you see, feel and learn about missions in Space. Narrated by Tom Hanks.

Space Station 3D

Experience the International Space Station as Tom Cruise takes you on a voyage through Space. With the newest 3D technology you will be transported to the Space Shuttle where you will experience space launch, space walk and float through the space station.

NEW: NASA officials have also announced that Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex has been selected to permanently display space shuttle Atlantis upon retirement of the Space Shuttle Program. Atlantis, one of three orbiters in the space shuttle fleet, will fly the last scheduled space shuttle mission before being retired in 2011.

The Kennedy Space Center Tours are available daily and include round trip transportation from the following locations.

• Lake Buena Vista Resort & Spa - 7.20am.
• Hotel Beds Homes Office, 6565 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, Fl 34747 - 7.30am.
• Best Western Lakeside, 7769 W. Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy. Kissimmee, Fl 34747 - 7.40am.
• Disney All Star Music, 1801 West Buena Vista Dr. Orlando, Fl 32830 - 7.50am.
• Cirque du Soleil, 1478 East Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, Fl 32830 Curbside Parking Lot L (Downtown Disney)- 8am.
• Quality Inn International, 7600 International Drive. Orlando, Fl 32819 - 8.20am.
• Sizzler, 9142 International Drive. Orlando, FL 32819 - 8.25am.
• Double Tree Resort, 10100 International Drive. Orlando, Fl 32821 - 8.30am.