Full-size Shuttle, Saturn V rocket and Space Lab on display. "Experience the gravity forces of real Space Shuttle and Apollo flights." Good for pix of really big things. Promoted as a place for space age action: Experience the G-force of blast-off and the weightlessness of space on "Space shot." Land a Shuttle. Jump 30 feet in the air in a space walker. Fire a rocket engine. Manipulate a robot arm. View an authentic Moon rock. And an IMAX theater, of course.
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
Huntsville, Alabama
U.S. Space and Rocket Center
- Address:
- One Tranquility Base, Huntsville, AL
- Directions:
- Fifteen miles east of I-65 exit 340 to I-565 Exit 15.
- Admission:
- Adults ~$19, Kids ~$13
- Hours:
- Daily 9 am - 5 pm. (Call to verify)
- Phone:
- 256-837-3400
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