Kennedy Space Center

During our Spring break trip to Florida we made a stop at the Kennedy Space Center.  This was much less expensive than Disney or SeaWorld and NASA was pretty incredible.  

One of the first exhibits we wanted to see was the space shuttle Atlantis.  After watching a movie about the shuttle program the screen lifts up and you are looking straight at the shuttle.  It was impressive to walk around this close to the shuttle.  There was an elevated viewing platform and many stations that explained what you are looking at.  

 After the Atlantis exhibit we took the bus tour around the property that took us near the launch pads and past the vehicle assembly building.  The scale of the building is hard to imagine because it sits alone in an open field.  The bus driver and Wikipedia tell us that this is the largest single story building in the world and one of the largest buildings in the world measured by volume.

Originally built to build the Saturn V rockets it will be used for the new rockets that NASA is developing for deep space travel.

 At one end of the bus tour they let you off in a building where you can learn about the Apollo program.  If you thought the shuttle was impressive (I did) than you will be even more impressed by the scale of the Saturn V rocket on display.  On top of this massive rocket sits the small pyramid shaped Apollo capsule.

When we left for Florida we knew we wanted to find something interesting to do but hadn't decided on exactly what.  Once in Florida Cari suggested this trip and it was a huge success.  You can easily spend a full day at the Kennedy Space Center and the two older kids seemed to really enjoy this stop.