How Do You Train Like An Astronaut For A Day?
There’s really only one way to train like an astronaut for a day, in a program created with the help of real veteran astronauts and on equipment designed by NASA. Go where they have the real stuff–Kennedy Space Center in central Florida. Choose your Shuttle crew. You can team up with your family or your co-workers or go it alone. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex offers a 1-day individual Astronaut Training Experience (ATX), 2-day Family ATX and custom Corporate ATX. Pick a date and make reservations online at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex website or call (321) 449-4400. The individual ATX costs $250/person. The cost for the family ATX includes overnight accommodations and is $625 for one adult and one child plus an additional $275 for each additional person staying in the same room. Pack shorts or pants and athletic shoes and head for the Experience. Meet your ATX instructors and new teammates and get checked into your hotel around midday of day one, if you take a Famil