Kennedy Space Center Cape Canaveral

Arrived back at Port Canaveral and got off the ship at 8.30am.

Our first cool day. Got our jackets out for the first time (overcast day).
Checked into our Hotel, then went out to NASA and the Kennedy Space Centre.
Watched the iMax 3D movie about the hubble and images from the hubble (very interesting). Went on the Shuttle …

Today we decided to go to the Kennedy Space Center. We had a buffet breakfast at "T.G.I Friday's" and headed for the space center at about 11. We should have left earlier because the queue to get in was massive and after driving for an hour, we didn't get in till about 1pm (the place closes at 5pm). It cost $50 EACH to get in! Unbelievable. But the …

After our visit to Kennedy Space Center, it was time to bid adieu to the Atlantic Ocean and start heading Northwest again. It was also getting close to Wren's 11th birthday, and we had cooked up a very cool surprise for her: A four-day trip to Universal Studios Orlando.

First, a few details about our camping experience during this two-week …

One of the highlights of our time in Florida was our day trip to Kennedy Space Center. This was the location where most of the space shuttles were built and launched. Here's a rundown of what we did and saw:

Shuttle Launch Experience
This was one of our favorite attractions. Basically, they strap you into a shuttle launch simulator, …

Beaucoup de souvenirs sur l'exploration spatiale, et de la course de l'espace des années 60 et 70. Armstrong, le premier homme à avoir marché sur la lune : "Small step for man, a giant leap for mankind".

On s'est fait brasser aussi dans la fusée Saturn V qui simule un lancement de la fusée.

MAIS, AVANT TOUT PREMIER DODO DANS LA …

Ce matin, on part à la découverte d'un magasin de surf, le Ron Jon Surf Shop. Depuis la veille on dit aux filles qu'on ira faire un tour et peut-être que nous leur achèterons un nouveau maillot de bain.

Ce magasin est un attrait touristique en soi. Chaque année plus de deux millions de visiteurs passent y faire un tour. Dans cette boutique …

We departed Port Orleans resort at Disney World today and drove an hour down the road to the Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral. No shuttles out on the launching pads today but a bus tour around the massive complex to one of the viewing decks to see launch pad 39 and the original room control room that was used when they launched the fist …

Today we spent a bit too much time on a bus :-(( we went to Kennedy Space Centre but to get there we had to catch a bus from our hotel to a transport hub and then catch a boat from there to another resort to be collected by the tour bus!! Of course this was early in the morning 7.00am. and the boats don't start until 8.00 so the Guest relations …

Geen stralend zonnetje vandaag dus gingen we in plaats van morgen naar het Kennedy Space Center. We dachten, laten we de NASA eens steunen door hun centrum te bezoeken. Het KSC is helemaal zelfbedruipend en ontvangt geen Dollar staatssteun. Het eerste wat je ziet als je op het domein van het centrum komt is de 'Rocket Garden'. Dit is een plein met …

Gisteravond is het hier erg slecht weer geweest met diverse weerwaarschuwingen. Daardoor zijn we wat later gaan eten bij een mexicaans restaurant. Vanmorgen zijn we wat vroeger opgestaan en naar Kennedys Space Center in Cape Canaveral geweest. Hiervandaan gaan al jaren de Nasa vluchten de ruimte in, van het Gemini project, en het Apollo project tot …

The day we went to the Kennedy Space Center was Sunday the 23rd. We got up early for the drive to the Space Coast. The drive took less time than expected so we ended up waiting for the admission booth to open. We decided to take the Up Close Tour that ...

... ; As a result, I didn't wake up until fairly late in the morning. I only had a couple of intended destinations today: Kennedy Space Center and Daytona Beach.  Seeing as how it was raining again today with no change in the forecast, I figured I could ...

The Kennedy Space Centre - just a month later and we would have seen a shuttle launch... Still very interesting learning about the Space Program - both history and future - and getting to see everything (Shuttles, Launchpad, etc.)   Another rockin ...

... much - at least not where we were. We waited a day and let it blow over anyway. Paid lots of $$ to visit the Kennedy Space Centre, but worth it. Got to see the shuttle waiting to be launched on July 1, from some distance. Walked around Saturn V, saw ...

Heute war nun also das Kennedy Space Center bei Cape Canaveral angesagt. Wir buchten die Tour, die uns ganz nah, also bis zu 3000 Fuss ans Space Shuttle heranbrachte, welches bereits auf seiner Startrampe auf den bevorstehenden Launch am 31.05.08 wartet. ...

... and mummy went on the roller coasters and got tossed upside down which was awesome. Next day we went to the Kennedy Space Centre and saw where the rockets get launched and where the crawler lives which transported the space shuttle from the NASA ...

... with a cold front, presenting a risk for the launch. Throughout the day, as I wandered around the Rocket Garden and Kennedy Space center grounds, the probability of launch went up and down, and nobody really knew what was going to happen until it ...

Kennedy Space Center was awsome!!! Its a fantastic little place for kids...and we beat them all getting there early again and doing all the stuff before they could :-) Apart from all the rockets, etc, we had a good time listening to the ...

... pleasures. There is not a great deal of this day in my memory banks, except for the seagull who managed to blacken the Kennedy Space Center in my mind. The whole world of space exploration at my feet and all I wanted was to play with a soft plastic dog. ...

... . AWESOME! That was the final launch for the Endeavor and the second to last gov't shuttle launch. We are going to try and come back to the Kennedy Space Center to see the Atlantis getting prepped for the very last lunch! To be continued in ...