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These two pictures show the extent of the EPCOT park in Disney. The large circular building below is the Test Track ride.

These two pictures show the extent of the EPCOT park in Disney. The large circular building below is the Test Track ride.

This picture was taken during a severe thunderstorm - I chanced taking a picture and luckily captured one of the lightning strikes.

It is from launch pads 38-A and 38-B that the next shuttle launches will be from. The large white ball at the right is filled with liquid hydrogen. On the left there is an equivalent tank filled with liquid oxygen.

This house was uprooted from its foundations on an island 300 miles away by a tornado and dropped from the skies here .... actually its an exhibition area, laser games and 3D displays.

This is exactly the way the Apollo VIII Mission Control Center looked at the moment of launch. In this area the video overhead shows the actual footage and the computers light up with actual readings. Other Special effects included the windows shaking to simulate the launch.

The Saturn 1-B, was a launch vehicle for the test Apollo spacecraft. Flight testing was halted in January 1967 after a fire which killed 3 astronauts. On October 11, 1968 the Saturn 1-B successfully launched the crewed Apollo 7.

The reusable Shuttle has been the success of NASA and the US Space Program. Now it is involved in the building of the International Space Station.

They allow you to touch a part of a Moon Rock underneath the Security Case.

The NASA / Kennedy Space Centre is located on Floridas East Coast and you would need nearly a full day here. There's a Rocket Garden, IMAX movies, a Space Shuttle display, bus tours, the Apollo/Saturn V facility & the Astronaut Hall of Fame.