Today we drove over to the Atlantic coast of Florida to visit the Kennedy Space Center on an island off the mainland. This is where NASA has several buildings, and perhaps best known, the launchpads for the spaceships the U.S. sends into outer space. We started at the visitors center.
The first thing we did was the Space Shuttle Launch Simulator. Here, we went into a simulator, sat inside a space shuttle, and blasted into space. It felt and looked very real, but it fortunately wasn't! The simulator was really neat.
We then began our bus tour around the space center. We made two stops; the second was a museum with several theaters, a sample from the moon, artifacts, and a big rocket in the middle.
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| Our Tour Bus |
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| Billy and Me and the Saturn V Rocket |
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| Travis holding up the rocket! |
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| We saw some fires in the distance...didn't know what they were, but it was quite a sight! There were even fire helicopters on the scene! |
Shortly after we arrived, the electricity went off in the building and we ended up getting back on the bus and going back. We did have time to see quite a lot, though.
On the drive back to the visitors complex, we saw some alligators and a bald eagle's nest in the trees. The nest was very large! They said it was the size of a king-size bed!
Back at the complex, we watched two IMAX 3-D films, went through a museum-like center, visited the rocket garden, and made a stop at the gift shop before leaving. We all learned a lot from this day, and it all was a wonderful experience!
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| Jesse's all ready for the IMAX movie! |
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