Why the Kennedy Space Center is special
For decades the Kennedy Space Center (formerly Cape Canaveral) in the USA has been sending astronauts into space. Among them was Neil Armstrong, on his journey to become the first man on the moon.

Public tours and exhibits
The Kennedy Space Center tours and exhibits are fun and educational - and spur the imagination of young and old. For example, there is an outdoor museum of rockets standing upright in launch position. Another exhibit lets you see inside a full-size replica of a Space Shuttle. Other must-sees include a lunar module, genuine moon rocks, and a shot-in-space film projected on a 5-story screen.
To reach the rocket assembly and launching areas, you board special Kennedy Space Center buses that take you on a sightseeing circuit.
All the attractions seen on the tour are interesting but the Apollo / SaturnV Center is the highlight of the Kennedy Space Center for many visitors. You see the now-familiar control room used for the moon flights. And, you view up-close the assembled 110-meter (363-foot) Apollo 18 moon rocket. It never got off the ground because, before it was launched, NASA decided to scrub the Apollo program and replace it with the new Space Shuttle program.

Viewing a rocket launch
For a truly uplifting experience, be at the Kennedy Space Center or general Cape Canaveral area on a rocket-launch day. Seeing live an immensely heavy, thrust-rumbling rocket ship laboring to conquer gravitational forces is mind-boggling.

What leading travel books say about the Kennedy Space Center
Even if you're not a techie, the Kennedy Space Center is a must stop. Two million visitors do it annually.
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Kennedy Space Center remains a working facility where space vehicles are developed, tested and blasted into orbit.
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