NASA Historic Mission Control Tram Tour + General Admission Pass
Description
Bundle all of your NASA Space Center General Admission tickets & Mission Control tram tickets in one convenient, last-minute, budget-friendly package. Upon arrival to gigantic Space Center Houston campus, enjoy the incredible Rocket Park and Saturn V rocket that changed the world! Board the replica 905 Space Shuttle as part of Independence Plaza. Learn what life is like at the International Space Station. See the possibilities of life on Mars. Visit the iconic Christopher C. Kraft Mission Control tram and discover the Historic Mission Control. This is the facility where NASA monitored nine Gemini and all Apollo lunar missions, including the historic Apollo 11 trip to the Moon and the final Apollo 17 trip to the same lunar body. In fact, from this room, the NASA team exercised full mission control of Apollo 11 from launch at the Kennedy Space Center to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. You can feel the history in the room from the monitors to the rotary dials.
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This combo package includes NASA Historic Mission Control Boarding tickets to the iconic Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center and General Admission tickets. The Space Center has a wonderful mix of interactive, family-friendly exhibits including the amazing Independence Plaza, International Space Station, Rocket Park, Life on Mars, Artemis and must-do Tram tours! Visit the iconic Christopher C. Kraft Mission Control tram and discover the Historic Mission Control. This is the facility where NASA monitored nine Gemini and all Apollo lunar missions, including the historic Apollo 11 trip to the Moon and the final Apollo 17 trip to the same lunar body. In fact, from this room, the NASA team exercised full mission control of Apollo 11 from launch at the Kennedy Space Center to splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. You can feel the history in the room from the monitors to the rotary dials. The Gemini and Apollo space programs were only the beginning for mission control!
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Tram Tours at the Space Center are subject to availability determined by NASA dependent on seasonal & staffing factors.
- The NASA Historic Mission Control tram tour included with this package is non-refundable and can be cancelled by NASA due to inclement weather. to arrive on time may result in a postponed tour subject to tour availability or an abandoned tour if we do not hear from you in advance of the scheduled start time.
- Children below age of 6 are welcome to join but require their own valid ticket.
- Upon purchase, you will receive the tram boarding tickets via email & text message/whatsapp as applicable.
- In the event of bad weather, travelers may opt to reschedule for another date free of charge at their own discretion. Water, electronics, small packaged snacks, and backpacks are generally permitted inside the Space Center.
Reviews(26)
Pickup and drop off on time, arrangement is good, tip to ensure we finish the space center well. The city tour covers mid town, which is nice, our driver and tour guide are professional.
Although very quick as was advertised, the city tour was very informative. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and accommodating.
The tour of Houston was interesting, as was the NASA tour, and the guide's explanation was very good. He explained the history of Houston from its inception to the present.
The Nasa trip was worthwhile but viator provided the wrong pick up Address in conflict with the message from the provider very confusing The city tour was not really a high point driving through masses of city buildings listening to a mon stop monologue of "huston exceptionalism" which could do with a little fact checking I also do not like a driver playing with her phoneas we drive
To future guests: We will never understand why some travelers choose to act disrespectful and miserable while on vacation. Our staff handled this situation with professionalism and patience. That said, we have a clear policy — any guest who behaves in a rude or inappropriate manner will not be permitted to board our shuttles or participate in our tours. Guests are never allowed to yell at or speak disrespectfully to our drivers for any reason. This particular individual arrived with a poor attitude and attempted to disrupt the experience for others on tour. They even tried to challenge one of our most experienced guides, who also serves in a leadership role with the Houston tourism board. We can confidently assure everyone that no member of our team would ever be “playing on their phone” during a tour. We regret having to take time to address false claims, but we remain committed to ensuring that every guest enjoys a respectful, safe, and positive experience during their visit to Houston.
This small group tour is excellent especially if you have limited time in Houston. Louis our tour guide/driver was seriously excellent, very knowledgeable, very accomodating and made our tour even better. He was happy to take photos of us, had information sent to us from his office for recommendations for sights and restaurants. I found the company had excellent communication confirming pick up time, place and person not once but twice during the day. The vehicle used was a lovely Mercedes van. It gave us enough time touring the city and also at the Space Center.
Great day. Louis was are driver and guide he was very friendly and helpful would recommend this trip.
$80 very well spent. I appreciated not having to spend $100 on a ride share application from hotel to the Space center. Everything was on time and well organized. The guides were pleasant and helped make a cool place like NASA even more enjoyable
Lovely experience. Terrific coordinator and guide Vanessa, I enjoyed the ride to Space center with our brilliant Dan. They got me into the Astronaut Training tour and campus tour!! The tour offered some nice stops and opportunities to take photos. All in all, highly worth the money and time!! Thank you Astrotours and Vanessa
Terrific guide services and excellent value. Van was 5 star, they played Apollo 13 on way to the Space Centre and provided great assistance with the trams. Best part was skipping the 100+ line at the entrance thanks to our pleasant driver Ben
Great tips from Vanessa to explore Houston and great service. We didn't even have to wait at the entrance, she brought us in faster and already had the first tour on campus incl. tips ready. Super!
