Steven
Once in a Lifetime

My experience at the Kennedy Space Center was a once in a lifetime opportunity. We went on an exclusive tour, which include events like meeting astronaut Rick Searfoss and getting to take a group picture with him. We went to the rocket garden where we saw actual rockets that were built for space travel. Seeing actual rockets was great. WE saw an IMAX movie called, "The Dream is Alive". It was about how astronauts train for space and how they go out on a space walk. We later went to the ISS (International Space Station) Processing Facility. We saw loads of parts to the station that will be flown into space on later flights.

We got to see the VIP grandstands, which is the closest spot you can see a launch from. It is three miles away and they say that it is still so loud and bright that at night during a launch from three miles it is a light as daytime. We also saw a simulation of the final minutes of the launch of Apollo Eight. It was loud and very exciting. This experience was very exciting and I would love to go there again and again. There is so much to see I know I would learn many new things by going back again.