With this best-value combo experience, enjoy General Admission tickets and Round-trip Transportation to the NASA Space Center Houston which is a 40 - 60 minute ride from inside the center of the city. With our 9:30 AM departure, arrive onsite within just 15 minutes of the Space Center gates opening with your own local NASA-expert guide who will accompany you and navigate your group through the Space Center's most noteworthy exhibits, rockets and spacecrafts.

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With the help from your expert guide,  enjoy a wonderful mix of interactive exhibits including the amazing Independence Plaza, International Space Station, Rocket Park, Life on Mars, Artemis and get all signed up for the free trams! All guests will have about 5 hours to explore the Space Center with their NASA-expert guide before boarding the shuttle back to Downtown Houston.

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With so many amazing out-of-this-world things to see, let your NASA-expert guide take photos for memories to last a lifetime! ​​

 

* For guests who will be doing the NASA Mission Control Tour as an add-on to our Deluxe NASA-expert guided tour, we would recommend choosing either the 1:20 PM or 2:00 PM Mission Control tram tour which would allow you to maximize your time with your NASA-expert guide and permit some time for lunch and your gift shop visit before boarding the Mission Control tram * 

 

* Please see itinerary schedule below for our daily schedule. Please make every effort to meet your tour guide on time. Failure to arrive on time may result in an abandoned tour subject to future availability *

 

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Price: $75 per person

 

Tour Departure Point:  Bank of America Tower (800 Capitol St. Houston, TX 77002)

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Tour Departure Time:  Our early NASA-bound Shuttle typically departs at 9:30 AM.  Our Later NASA-bound Shuttle departs at 10:45 AM subject to peak season. Please meet for check-in 5 minutes before your scheduled departure time in front of the colorful, giant Joan Miro art sculpture across from the Bank of America Tower's exit doors on Capitol Street.  Our shuttle drivers will park in front of or side-by-side by the Miro sculpture

 

Includes:  ​​

• Accompanying NASA Expert for your Space Center visit

• NASA General Admission Ticket 

• Ride in an air-conditioned Mercedes Sprinter 

• Round-Trip Transportation from Downtown to NASA

• Tips on reserving the Space Center Tram Tours per availability

 

Excludes: ​

• Mission Control Tram Tour (We would recommend the 1:20 or 2:00 PM tour times to maximize the time with your NASA-expert guide)

 

Parking Tips:  The starting location Bank of America Tower has its own parking garage with the guest entrance located on Milam St. side of the building. Please click here to see all Spot hero discounted prices for parking garages nearby​​

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Daily Itinerary for 9:30 AM

Early Shuttle Departures:

1.  Please meet for check-in 5 minutes before your scheduled departure time in front of the colorful, giant Joan Miro art sculpture across from the Bank of America Tower's exit doors on Capitol Street.  Our shuttle driver will park in front of or side-by-side by the Miro sculpture​.  Please feel free to wait inside the Bank of America Tower lobby on street level if you arrive early and don’t want to wait outdoors​ 

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2. After a 40-60 minute ride from Downtown Houston to the Space Center Houston on our Mercedes shuttle, travelers will arrive to the NASA Space Center within 15 minutes of the entrance gates opening

 

3. Travelers will have approx. 5 hours to explore and enjoy the Space Center with NASA-expert guide before being picked up at the Space Center's shuttle boarding area from 3:00 - 3:10 PM. Our Mercedes Shuttle will depart the NASA Space Center entrance at 3:10 PM latest for a return trip to Downtown. In consideration of all our guests' itineraries, please note that failure to board the Mercedes van by 3:10 PM for the return trip to Downtown Houston can result in the termination of the service and late travelers will assume full responsibility for return transportation back to downtown or lodging area

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4. Our Mercedes Shuttle will return all travelers to the Bank of America Tower (original departure point) in Downtown Houston at approx. 3:45 - 4:00 PM​

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Daily Itinerary for 10:45 AM

Later Shuttle Departures:

1.  Please meet for check-in 5 minutes before your scheduled departure time in front of the colorful, giant Joan Miro art sculpture across from the Bank of America Tower's exit doors on Capitol Street.  Our shuttle driver will park in front of or side-by-side by the Miro sculpture​.  Please feel free to wait inside the Bank of America Tower lobby on street level if you arrive early and don’t want to wait outdoors​ 

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2. After a 40-60 minute ride from Downtown Houston to the Space Center Houston on our Mercedes shuttle, travelers will arrive to the NASA Space Center within 90 minutes of the entrance gates opening

 

3. Travelers will have approx. 5 hours to explore and enjoy the Space Center with NASA-expert guide before being picked up at the Space Center's shuttle boarding area from 4:30 - 4:40 PM. Our Mercedes Shuttle will depart the NASA Space Center entrance at 4:40 PM latest for a return trip to Downtown. In consideration of all our guests' itineraries, please note that failure to board the Mercedes van by 4:10 PM for the return trip to Downtown Houston can result in the termination of the service and late travelers will assume full responsibility for return transportation back to downtown or lodging area

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4. Our Mercedes Shuttle will return all travelers to the Bank of America Tower (original departure point) in Downtown Houston at approx. 5:15 - 5:30 PM