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Fly With An Astronaut

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

  • Fri, Sep 19
  • Sat, Sep 20
  • Sun, Sep 21
  • Fri, Jan 16
  • Sat, Jan 17
  • Sun, Jan 18
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Fly With An Astronaut Experience

Join a veteran NASA astronaut on their journey in what it took for them to become an astronaut and let them be your guide behind the gates of Kennedy Space Center.

A catered lunch will be provided back at the main visitor complex where your astronaut guide will reflect on their personal accounts and experiences followed by a question and answer session with the group. You will also receive a special pin before moving on to the next part of your experience.

Next, you will enter Space Shuttle Atlantis® for a guided tour and a private viewing of the pre-shows The Flight and Coming Home. Then, board the Shuttle Launch Experience® to feel what it’s like to launch into space on a shuttle traveling 17,500 mph, accompanied by a veteran NASA astronaut!

At the end of the tour, approximately 2:15 PM, continue on to a waiting bus to tour the Apollo/Saturn V Center on your own.

To learn more about this exciting experience, please click here.

Astronaut Tour Guide

Headshot of astronaut Ken Cameron in blue flight suit in front of the U.S. flag and next to a model of the space shuttl

Kenneth “Ken” Cameron

  • Pilot, space shuttle Atlantis (STS-37)

  • Commander, space shuttle Discovery (STS-56)

  • Commander, space shuttle Atlantis (STS-74)

As the first NASA Director of Operations in Star City, Moscow, Kenneth “Ken” Cameron’s career as an astronaut is highlighted by his extensive technical expertise and leadership in space exploration.

Selected by NASA in 1984, Cameron became an astronaut in 1985, taking on numerous technical and management roles, such as working on the Tethered Satellite Payload and serving as CAPCOM for several shuttle missions. In 1994, he made history as the first NASA Director of Operations in Star City, Moscow, where he collaborated with the Cosmonaut Training Center and trained in Soyuz and Mir systems. Cameron flew three space missions, logging over 561 hours in space. He piloted STS-37, commanded STS-56, and led STS-74, the first mission to use the space shuttle for assembling a module on a space station.

During his first mission, STS-37, Cameron piloted the deployment of the Gamma Ray Observatory to explore gamma ray sources throughout the universe. On his second mission, STS-56, he commanded the crew of space shuttle Discovery, conducting atmospheric and solar studies to understand the effect of solar activity on Earth’s climate. His third mission, STS-74, saw him command space shuttle Atlantis in NASA’s second space shuttle mission to dock with the Russian Space Station Mir, validating procedures for the future assembly of the International Space Station. Cameron’s extensive experience in space exploration highlights his remarkable career and dedication to advancing aerospace technology.

After leaving NASA in 1996, Cameron held executive roles at Hughes Training, Saab Automobile, and General Motors. He returned to NASA in 2003, contributing to the NASA Engineering & Safety Center before retiring in 2008 to join Northrop Grumman as Director of Houston Operations.

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Fly With An Astronaut includes a one-day admission ticket in the pricing. There is no need to purchase a separate admission ticket.