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THE ASTRONAUT TRAINING EXPERIENCE® CENTER

All ATX Training Stages are perfect for guests looking to kick off their space exploration training and explore the visitor complex’s attractions. Add an ATX(R) Training Stage to your day and start your own mission to Mars without doing the full ATX program.
ATX Astronaut Training Experience Nowhere else on earth can you train to go to Mars and experience astronaut training than at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
MARS BASE 1 Mars Base 1 Mars Base 1 brings you to the Red Planet to live and work for the day, solving authentic science and engineering challenges.
TRAINING STAGES Training Stages We invite you to experience two Training Stages from the Astronaut Training Experience. Navigate the Martian surface and experience microgravity simulation only at ATX.
Astronaut Training Experience
ATX
Nowhere else on earth can you train to go to Mars and experience astronaut training than at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Mars Base 1
MARS BASE 1
Mars Base 1 brings you to the Red Planet to live and work for the day, solving authentic science and engineering challenges.
Training Stages
TRAINING STAGES
Coming soon, we invite you to experience a few Training Stages from the Astronaut Training Experience. Navigate the Martian surface and experience microgravity simulation only at ATX.
Astronaut Training Experience
ATX
Nowhere else on earth can you train to go to Mars and experience astronaut training than at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Mars Base 1
MARS BASE 1
Mars Base 1 brings you to the Red Planet to live and work for the day, solving authentic science and engineering challenges.
Training Stages
TRAINING STAGES
Coming soon, we invite you to experience a few Training Stages from the Astronaut Training Experience. Navigate the Martian surface and experience microgravity simulation only at ATX.
 
astronaut training experience

In the Astronaut Training Experience® at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, train like the next generation of space explorers who will travel to Mars. Join the crew as you begin a spectacular new mission simulation including launching, landing and walking on Mars. You will also perform a spacewalk through exciting and immersive microgravity simulation technology.

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mars base 1

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the only place on Earth where you can transport to Mars to live and work for the day on Mars Base 1. Set in a landscape of the future, Rookie Astronaut teams have the unique opportunity to manage the Base Operations Center on Mars, harvest vegetables in the Botany Lab, program robots to optimize solar energy intake and adapt to the challenges of thriving in the harsh Martian environment.

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training stages
microgravity simulation

Train for weightlessness and conduct your own EVA(extravehicular activity). You and your crew will work together in order to successfully complete a series of training challenges needed to set you on a path to Mars, all while in a frictionless environment.

Min. Height: 48 IN.
Max. Weight: 275 LBS
Length: 30 mins
Price: $30.00
land and drive on mars

Navigate the Martian surface! This full-motion simulator will place you in the Commander or Pilot seats where you hone your skills and drive over the rough Martian terrain. With varying degrees of motion intensity, everyone can drive on Mars.

Min. Height: 51 IN.
Max weight: 275 LBS
Length: 30 mins
Price: $30.00
walk on mars

Time to step onto the Red Planet. Walk on Mars through immersive virtual reality with the help of your crew. Nowhere else on Earth can you explore Mars quite like this.

Min Height: 48 IN.
Max. Weight: 275 LBS
Length: 30 mins
Price: $30.00
training stages
microgravity simulation

Train for weightlessness and conduct your own EVA(extravehicular activity). You and your crew will work together in order to successfully complete a series of training challenges needed to set you on a path to Mars, all while in a frictionless environment.

Min. Height: 48 IN.
Max. Weight: 275 LBS
Length: 30 mins
Price: $30.00
land and drive on mars

Navigate the Martian surface! This full-motion simulator will place you in the Commander or Pilot seats where you hone your skills and drive over the rough Martian terrain. With varying degrees of motion intensity, everyone can drive on Mars.

Min. Height: 51 IN.
Max weight: 275 LBS
Length: 30 mins
Price: $30.00
walk on mars

Time to step onto the Red Planet. Walk on Mars through immersive virtual reality with the help of your crew. Nowhere else on Earth can you explore Mars quite like this.

Min Height: 48 IN.
Max. Weight: 275 LBS
Length: 30 mins
Price: $30.00
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