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Fly With An Astronaut

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

March 14 - 16, 2025
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THE FLY WITH AN ASTRONAUT EXPERIENCE

Join a veteran NASA astronaut on their journey in what it took for them to become an astronaut and let them be your guide behind the gates of Kennedy Space Center.

A catered lunch will be provided back at the main visitor complex where your astronaut guide will reflect on their personal accounts and experiences followed by a question and answer session with the group. You will also receive a special pin before moving on to the next part of your experience.

Next, you will enter Space Shuttle Atlantis® for a guided tour and a private viewing of the pre-shows The Flight and Coming Home. Then, board the Shuttle Launch Experience® to feel what it’s like to launch into space on a shuttle traveling 17,500 mph, accompanied by a veteran NASA astronaut!

At the end of the tour, approximately 2:15 PM, continue on to a waiting bus to tour the Apollo/Saturn V Center on your own.

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Your Astronaut Guide

Headshot of astronaut Jan Davis in blue flight suit holding a model space shuttle in front of the U.S. flag

Nancy “Jan” Davis

Dr. Jan Davis played a key role in verifying the Hubble Space Telescope’s design and had a distinguished career as a three-time spaceflight veteran.

Dr. Davis began her career at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center as an aerospace engineer, leading the structural analysis team for the Hubble Space Telescope and working on the redesign of the space shuttle’s solid rocket booster external tank attach ring.

Selected as an astronaut in June 1987, Dr. Davis initially provided technical support for Shuttle payloads and served as a CAPCOM in Mission Control for seven missions. She flew as a mission specialist on STS-47 in 1992 and STS-60 in 1994 and was the payload commander on STS-85 in 1997, logging over 673 hours in space. After her flights, she took on various leadership roles at NASA, such as the Astronaut Office representative for the Remote Manipulator System and Chairperson of the NASA Education Working Group.

Dr. Davis later served as Director of the Human Exploration and Development of Space Independent Assurance Office at NASA Headquarters and held various leadership positions at Marshall Space Flight Center. In 2005, she retired from NASA and joined Jacobs Sverdrup Engineering, where she continues her work on NASA projects. She holds one patent and has authored several technical papers.

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Fly With An Astronaut includes a one-day admission ticket in the pricing. There is no need to purchase a separate admission ticket.