Is seeing a rocket launch on your space tourism bucket list? While Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Base are the most popular launch facilities in the U.S., people are increasingly traveling to a small town in California to try and see rockets take flight. Vandenberg Air Force Base is the primary spaceport on the West Coast, and …
Michoud Assembly Facility: Behind-the-Scenes at NASA’s Rocket Factory
Have you heard of the NASA Social program? Several times per year, NASA invites social media users to attend events at NASA facilities around the county and to promote the experience on social media. Sometimes, this means you’ll get to watch a rocket launch (like I did for the Orion EFT-1 launch in 2014); other times it offers you the …
How to Visit NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
Do you love NASA? Curious about the future of space exploration? Just an uber-nerd like me who wants to visit all of the space destinations possible? A visit to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center has to be on your list! As part of my trip to Space Camp, I had the chance to visit NASA Marshall. In addition to the …