Space Center Houston (SCH) (NASA) Tour
- 9 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Private tour
Highlights
This tour only has 1 stop: Space Center Houston (SCH). SCH is connected to NASA or the Johnson Space Center (JSC), where the astronauts train and the engineers work. We will walk over 5,000 steps at SCH as I plan on showing as much as possible in the main building and in the additional buildings, Rocket Park and the Astronauts Training Facility, where the trams take tourists. I will talk a lot about the space program, tying the past to the present, and future explorations.
Inclusions
What's included
- Entrance fee
- Guide
What's not
- Lunch
- Historic Mission Control
Itinerary
As of May 11, 2026, Space Center Houston (SCH) has 4 different tram rides and at least 5 films/documentaries to watch. You need 1.5 days to see and do everything. We will: 1. Go on a tram to Rocket Park and Independence Plaza to see Mercury & Saturn V rockets. This also includes a narrative tour. Additionally, you will go inside a practice shuttle & a 747 that used to have shuttles attached to them. 1.5 to 2.0 hours. 2. See the 15 minute, 30 second documentary "Human Destiny." 3. Have a narrative tour in the Starship Gallery museum where you can touch a moon rock, see capsules up close of Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo rockets, walk through a model of Skylab, and more. 30 minutes. 4. Go on a 2nd tram to the Astronauts Training Facility. 45 minutes. 5. Eat lunch at the SCH cafeteria. 45 minutes. 6. See a Space X rocket Falcon 9 that actually flew. 5 minutes. 7. Souvenir shopping. 20 minutes. 8. See another movie or go on a 3rd tram ride. 9. Drive to & from SCH. 1.0 - 1.5 hours.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- We meet inside the rotunda of the Houston City Hall at 901 Bagby Street, Houston, Texas 77002 on Monday through Friday. City Hall is closed on weekends. On weekends, we meet at a park bench on the east side of City Hall.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Houston Historical Tours - Day Tours
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Parents need to supply their own infant seats for their babies and toddlers.
- Although Space Center Houston (SCH) has extended hours during the summer, the standard hours of operation are from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, only 7 hours per day. The travel time to and from SCH is another 1.0 to 1.25 hours. We want to arrive as soon as SCH opens to avoid the queues and maximize your ability to see as much as possible. If we start later in the day, we will not have sufficient time to go on both tram rides and enjoy all of the activities.
How it compares in Houston
- Its from-price is 282% above the median of the 301 experiences we list in Houston.
- It is longer than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Houston
Houston is the largest city in Texas, a sprawling Gulf Coast metropolis of space history, big museums, bayou parks and food from around the world.
Houston sprawls across the flat coastal plain of south-east Texas, inland from the Gulf coast, with a skyline of towers downtown. It was founded in 1836 and named for Sam Houston, the general who won Texas independence at the Battle of San Jacinto. The San Jacinto Monument, a tall masonry column topped with a star, marks the battlefield, and Buffalo Bayou Park runs through the city, with trails, bridges and an underground cistern.
Top-ranked sights in Houston: Space Center Houston, Market Square Park, Downtown Aquarium.
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