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HolidaysInSpace

2026

Holidays in Space

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Experience a festive tradition unlike any other during Holidays in Space at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Discover space-inspired holiday décor throughout the visitor complex, explore the Rocket Tree Trail with an interactive scavenger hunt, and enjoy the return of our nightly holiday drone show featuring enhanced storytelling and a captivating musical score. 

 Blending holiday traditions with the spirit of exploration, Holidays in Space delivers an unforgettable way to celebrate the season. 

 

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Must-See Experience

Holidays in Space Drone Show Spectacular!

See the sky sparkle. Our “Starflake” takes to the sky in an all-new drone show, paired with an original symphonic score.

CELEBRATE THE SEASON

More to Explore

Holiday Decor 

Festive holiday décor is hung among towering spacecraft and attractions, creating one-of-a-kind backdrops for unforgettable holiday photos. Decor can be seen the entire month of December.

The Rocket Tree Trail Scavenger Hunt  

All month long, explore the themed trees along the Rocket Tree Trail and solve clues that lead to a hidden word. Once complete and before you leave for the day, present your answers to the team inside the information building to receive a festive prize (while supplies last).

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2025 Holidays in Space

Kennedy Under the Stars: Holiday Edition

Holiday Edition

Kennedy Under the Stars returns to kick off Holidays in Space. Join us on Saturday, December 19 for a festive, after-hours experience and to be among the first to see the new drone show!

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Enhance Your Day

Astronaut talking to a group of visitors during Chat With An Astronaut at Kennedy Space Center

Chat With An Astronaut

  • Adult$50
    (Ages 12+)
  • Child$35
    (Ages 3-11)
Sit down in a casual, small-group setting, enjoy a sampling of food and beverages and ask a NASA astronaut your most pressing questions.
SAVE YOUR SEAT

Enjoy a sampling of food and beverages while having a group conversation about what it is really like to live and work in space. This experience leaves plenty of time for an engaging question-and-answer session with someone who has lived and worked off Earth.

 

Inclusions:

  • A continental breakfast in the morning, or a chef’s choice of culinary samplings in the afternoon
  • 1 alcoholic drink per adult ticket (more available for purchase)
  • A commemorative gift and lithograph (signed portrait) of the astronaut

Due to the small setting of this experience, Chat With An Astronaut is not available to groups. A maximum of 6 tickets can be purchased per transaction.

 

Learn more about Chat With An Astronaut here, and see who the Astronaut of the Day is on our Events Calendar ahead of your visit.

Future Engineers: The Truss Build Challenge

  • $39
    (Ages All)
With your family or small group, put your engineering skills to work! Together, build the strongest truss you can using rod-and-connector materials.
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While there is no age limit for this program, it is best suited for future engineers ages 7 and older, and children must be accompanied by an adult. We recommend that there be one adult per 3-4 children in each reservation.

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Land and Drive on Mars Training Stage

  • $30
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.
Begin Training

All ATX Training Stages are perfect for guests looking to kick off their space exploration training during their visit without doing the full Astronaut Training Experience program.

Please note: ATX Training Stages are not offered year-round. Due to limited capacities, availability is limited on a first-come, first-served basis. We highly recommend you pre-book your training stage before you arrive. Click the “Begin Training” button to see availability. To learn more about all ATX Training Stages, click here. 

 

Requirements for all ATX Training Stages:

  • ATX Training Stages must be purchased in addition to admission.
  • All ATX Training Stages are for individuals and groups ages 10 and older. Trainees that are aged 10 – 17 will require a paying, participating adult.
  • Allow 30 minutes in your day for your ATX Training Stage.
  • The program is presented in English both verbally and in text, so English fluency is required.
  • The minimum height for this simulator is 51 inches/1.3 meters tall.

 

Health and Safety Restrictions for ATX Training Stages:

  • Wheelchair Accessibility –
    • Astronaut Training Experience (ATX): Guests must be able to transfer on their own into the simulators.
    • Lander/Rover Simulator: Guests must be able to walk upstairs or a ramp to the experience, step down/up into the Rover.
    • Microgravity Simulator: Guests must be able to step over a raised safety feature surrounding the simulator.
  • All Astronaut Training Experience Center simulators –
    • For safety, you should be in good health and free from high blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems, motion sickness, or other conditions that could be aggravated by this experience.
    • Maximum weight for all simulators is 275 pounds/127 kilograms.
    • Expectant mothers should not participate. Guests must wear closed-toed shoes to participate.
    • Due to the nature of the simulators, guests should be cautious when wearing dresses/skirts in the program.
    • Guests of a certain body type may not be able to ride.
    • Closed-toe shoes are required.
  • Lander/Rover Simulator –
    • Those who have had recent surgery or injury should not ride. Guests must be able to safely fit in the seat and restraint system.
Boy inside of the Microgravity Simulator

Microgravity Training Stage

  • $30
Train for weightlessness and conduct your own spacewalk in the Microgravity Simulator. You and your crew will work together to successfully complete a series of training challenges in a frictionless environment.
Begin Training

All ATX Training Stages are perfect for guests looking to kick off their space exploration training during their visit without doing the full Astronaut Training Experience program.

Please note: ATX Training Stages are not offered year-round. Due to limited capacities, availability is limited on a first-come, first-served basis. We highly recommend you pre-book your training stage before you arrive. Click the “Begin Training” button to see availability. To learn more about all ATX Training Stages, click here. 

 

Requirements for all ATX Training Stages:

  • ATX Training Stages must be purchased in addition to admission.
  • All ATX Training Stages are for individuals and groups ages 10 and older. Trainees that are aged 10 – 17 will require a paying, participating adult.
  • Allow 30 minutes in your day for your ATX Training Stage.
  • The program is presented in English both verbally and in text, so English fluency is required.

 

Health and Safety Restrictions for ATX Training Stages:

  • Wheelchair Accessibility –
    • Astronaut Training Experience (ATX): Guests must be able to transfer on their own into the simulators.
    • Lander/Rover Simulator: Guests must be able to walk upstairs or a ramp to the experience, step down/up into the Rover.
    • Microgravity Simulator: Guests must be able to step over a raised safety feature surrounding the simulator.
  • All Astronaut Training Experience Center simulators –
    • For safety, you should be in good health and free from high blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems, motion sickness, or other conditions that could be aggravated by this experience.
    • Maximum weight for all simulators is 275 pounds/127 kilograms.
    • Expectant mothers should not participate. Guests must wear closed-toed shoes to participate.
    • Due to the nature of the simulators, guests should be cautious when wearing dresses/skirts in the program.
    • Guests of a certain body type may not be able to ride.
    • Closed-toe shoes are required.
  • Microgravity Simulator
    • Participants must be at least 48 inches/1.22 meters tall.
Girl wearing VR glasses at the Walk On Mars attraction

Walk on Mars Training Stage

  • $30
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.
Begin Training

All ATX Training Stages are perfect for guests looking to kick off their space exploration training during their visit without doing the full Astronaut Training Experience program.

Please note: ATX Training Stages are not offered year-round. Due to limited capacities, availability is limited on a first-come, first-served basis. We highly recommend you pre-book your training stage before you arrive. Click the “Begin Training” button to see availability. To learn more about all ATX Training Stages, click here. 

 

Requirements for all ATX Training Stages:

  • ATX Training Stages must be purchased in addition to admission.
  • All ATX Training Stages are for individuals and groups ages 10 and older. Trainees that are aged 10 – 17 will require a paying, participating adult.
  • Allow 30 minutes in your day for your ATX Training Stage.
  • The program is presented in English both verbally and in text, so English fluency is required.

 

Health and Safety Restrictions for ATX Training Stages:

  • Wheelchair Accessibility –
    • Astronaut Training Experience (ATX): Guests must be able to transfer on their own into the simulators.
    • Lander/Rover Simulator: Guests must be able to walk upstairs or a ramp to the experience, step down/up into the Rover.
    • Microgravity Simulator: Guests must be able to step over a raised safety feature surrounding the simulator.
  • All Astronaut Training Experience Center simulators –
    • For safety, you should be in good health and free from high blood pressure, heart, back or neck problems, motion sickness, or other conditions that could be aggravated by this experience.
    • Maximum weight for all simulators is 275 pounds/127 kilograms.
    • Expectant mothers should not participate. Guests must wear closed-toed shoes to participate.
    • Due to the nature of the simulators, guests should be cautious when wearing dresses/skirts in the program.
    • Guests of a certain body type may not be able to ride.
    • Closed-toe shoes are required.
  • Walk on Mars Virtual Reality
    • If you experience seizures, loss of awareness, eye strain, altered vision or other visual abnormalities, dizziness, disorientation, or any symptom related to motion sickness, you should not participate. Guests who have pre-existing binocular vision abnormalities should not participate.