Kennedy Space Center - Astronaut Training Experience (ATX)
Supplied by: Kennedy Space Center
In the Astronaut Training Experience (ATX), join the crew as you launch a mission simulation including launching, landing and walking on Mars and experience microgravity.
What's included
- Walk on Mars Virtual Reality
- Spacewalk Training
- Lander/Rover Simulator
- Does not include general admission into Kennedy Space Center
- Transport
- Car Parking
Know before you go
English Fluency: Due to safety instructions and the interactive content essential to this program, each guest must be fluent in English in order to participate in ATX.
All Astronaut Training Experience 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. Expectant mothers should not participate.
Lander/Rover Simulator: Those who have had recent surgery or injury should not ride. Participants must be at least 51” tall.
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.
Spacewalk Training: Participants must be at least 48 inches/1.22 meters tall. Max weight 275 pounds/127 kilograms.
Highlights
- Train for weightlessness and conduct your own spacewalk in the micro-gravity Simulator.
- Walk on Mars through immersive virtual reality
- Hone your skills and drive over the rough virtual Martian terrain.
Overview
Highlights:
An out-of-this-world experience led by Space Flight Experts and Educators
Motion-Based Spaceflight Simulators
Full Scale Space Shuttle Mission Simulation
Astronaut Briefing and Q&A Session
Snacks and drinks
ATX Gear (including a Mission Polo Shirt)
Please Note: The ATX experience is a guided tour and does not include general admission to the Space Center.
All Astronaut Training Experience 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. Expectant mothers should not participate.
Lander/Rover Simulator: Those who have had recent surgery or injury should not ride. Participants must be at least 51 inches/1/3 meters tall.
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.