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Saturday, September 14 • 9:00am - 12:00pm
NASA tour

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Join Mary Robinette Kowal, on a tram tour of NASA, in which you will be guided through different JSC locations including Rocket Park, where one of only three of the remaining actual Saturn V rockets is displayed, along with other rockets that propelled space exploration.

Walk an elevated path through the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility where NASA astronauts train for current missions and where scientists and engineers are developing the next generation of space exploration vehicles.

Visit the iconic Christopher C. Kraft Mission Control and enter the historic Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) from which NASA led Gemini and Apollo missions, including the momentous first lunar landing mission as well as early space shuttle missions.

  • Meet in lobby at 8:45 am
  • Departure from the hotel: 9:00
  • Tour: 9:40-11:20
  • Return to hotel: Noon


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Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Lady Astronaut series and historical fantasy novels: The Glamourist Histories and Ghost Talkers. She’s the president of SFWA, a member of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and has received the Astounding Award for Best New Writer... Read More →


Saturday September 14, 2019 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
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