Known mainly for its beaches, let’s not forget that Florida is home to the Space Coast: a center-east region overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, home to the Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral where you can breathe the history and the thrill of the adventure that accompanies NASA astronauts. at each launch.
Kennedy Space Center: what to see
Titusville is home to the US Space Walk of Fame Museum, an outdoor site testifying to the space programs Mercury, Apollo, Gemini and Space to herald the most famous Kennedy Space Center on the Merritt Island Peninsula.
To welcome us inside the Rocket Garden we will find the rockets of the space missions Mercury, Gemini and Apollo and you immediately feel enveloped by the charm of the heavenly adventures and space conquests, especially when you are in front of the Atlantis shuttle open in such a way as to being able to admire the interior too.
Cape Canaveral
Further east towards the ocean, Cape Canaveral is home to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the large area from which rocket launches are made. On the website t is easy to check on which days the departures take place. If the event is of interest and you want to experience the emotion at close range, you buy a ticket that includes transportation to one of the privileged observation points of the launch.
An exciting stop on your Florida trip.