Overview
Experience Space Center Houston like a NASA insider with a knowledgeable NASA Expert Guide who meets you onsite and helps you make the most of your visit. Your guide strategically navigates your group through the Space Center’s must-see exhibits, spacecraft, rockets, and immersive experiences, helping you maximize your time and discover more.
Explore highlights including Independence Plaza, Artemis, International Space Station, Life on Mars, Starship Gallery, and the legendary Saturn V Rocket. When available, your guide can also help you make the most of the popular NASA tram experiences.
Go beyond simply viewing exhibits as your expert guide brings NASA’s incredible history to life with fascinating stories, insider knowledge, helpful tips, and expert navigation. Relax, explore, and enjoy a more organized, informative, and memorable Space Center Houston experience with a local NASA expert by your side.
What's Included
- NASA Exhibitions List with important tips to maximize your visit
- Visit Rocket Park & Astronaut Training Center
- General Admission ticket for the NASA Space Center
- English-speaking NASA Expert Guide whom will accompany your group inside Space Center during visit
- Skip the long lines at the busy entrance gate with your NASA expert guide (as applicable)
- Food & Optional Gratuities
Meeting Location
1601 East Nasa Parkway
Houston, TX 77058, USA
Detailed check-in instructions, including the exact address, are provided with your booking confirmation.
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
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Additional Info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- TOUR MEETING POINT: 1601 E. NASA Pwky. Houston, TX 77058 (Meet your Expert Guide inside the Space Center's Food Labs cafeteria located straight ahead upon entering the front entrance/security and to the left of the Tram boarding area inside)
- All guests will receive their General Admission tickets with QR entry codes via booking messenger system, email, and Whatsapp (as applicable).
- Tram Tours at the Space Center are subject to availability determined by NASA dependent on seasonal & staffing factors.
- To book the optional Mission Control Tram add-on tour, please contact us at least 48 - 72 hours in advance to purchase tickets (LIMITED AVAILABILITY).
- Late arrivals can meet their tour group inside the Space Center's Food Labs Cafeteria if they arrive before 10:30 AM. All arrivals after 10:30 AM will need to explore the Space Center on their own.
- Late arrivals may request their general admission tickets sent electronically for self-admission into the Space Center.
- In the event of bad weather, travelers may opt to reschedule for another date free of charge at their own discretion.
- Children below age of 6 are welcome to join the tour but require their own valid ticket.
- Failure to arrive on time can result in a postponed tour date subject to tour availability or an abandoned tour if we do not hear from you in advance of the scheduled start time.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
Frequently Asked Questions (7)
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Frequently Asked Questions (7)
The answers provided below were previously given in response to questions from City Balloon Tours customers.
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- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (CST).
- NASA Exhibitions List with important tips to maximize your visit.
- Visit Rocket Park & Astronaut Training Center.
- General Admission ticket for the NASA Space Center.
- English-speaking NASA Expert Guide whom will accompany your group inside Space Center during visit.
- Skip the long lines at the busy entrance gate with your NASA expert guide (as applicable).
- Food & Optional Gratuities.
The minimum age to participate is 18. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..
Apr 2025If a date or time is not listed on the calendar, it’s sold out or unavailable for another reason. Support cannot assist further if a date or time is not on the calendar.
If you find a date and time that works for you, book it NOW because things always sell out at this time of year.
Apr 2025Accessibility information for the Space Center Houston NASA Insider Guided Experience is as follows:
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- TOUR MEETING POINT: 1601 E. NASA Pwky. Houston, TX 77058 (Meet your Expert Guide inside the Space Center's Food Labs cafeteria located straight ahead upon entering the front entrance/security and to the left of the Tram boarding area inside)
- All guests will receive their General Admission tickets with QR entry codes via booking messenger system, email, and Whatsapp (as applicable).
- Tram Tours at the Space Center are subject to availability determined by NASA dependent on seasonal & staffing factors.
- To book the optional Mission Control Tram add-on tour, please contact us at least 48 - 72 hours in advance to purchase tickets (LIMITED AVAILABILITY).
- Late arrivals can meet their tour group inside the Space Center's Food Labs Cafeteria if they arrive before 10:30 AM. All arrivals after 10:30 AM will need to explore the Space Center on their own.
- Late arrivals may request their general admission tickets sent electronically for self-admission into the Space Center.
- In the event of bad weather, travelers may opt to reschedule for another date free of charge at their own discretion.
- Children below age of 6 are welcome to join the tour but require their own valid ticket.
- Failure to arrive on time can result in a postponed tour date subject to tour availability or an abandoned tour if we do not hear from you in advance of the scheduled start time.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Space Center Houston NASA Insider Guided Experience will be included in your confirmation email from City Balloon Tours. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!
Mar 2024Once your refund is processed, it usually shows on your card statement within 5–10 business days. The exact timing depends on your bank or card issuer.
Want it sooner? When you cancel, choose Receive a refund to my wallet instead. The credit is in your Wallet straight away and is applied automatically at checkout on your next booking when you’re signed in with the same email. You can see your balance any time in My Wallet.
If you paid part of your booking with Wallet credit, that part always goes back to your Wallet. Trip protection isn’t refundable.
Oct 2026What's Included
- NASA Exhibitions List with important tips to maximize your visit
- Visit Rocket Park & Astronaut Training Center
- General Admission ticket for the NASA Space Center
- English-speaking NASA Expert Guide whom will accompany your group inside Space Center during visit
- Skip the long lines at the busy entrance gate with your NASA expert guide (as applicable)
- Food & Optional Gratuities
Additional Info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- TOUR MEETING POINT: 1601 E. NASA Pwky. Houston, TX 77058 (Meet your Expert Guide inside the Space Center's Food Labs cafeteria located straight ahead upon entering the front entrance/security and to the left of the Tram boarding area inside)
- All guests will receive their General Admission tickets with QR entry codes via booking messenger system, email, and Whatsapp (as applicable).
- Tram Tours at the Space Center are subject to availability determined by NASA dependent on seasonal & staffing factors.
- To book the optional Mission Control Tram add-on tour, please contact us at least 48 - 72 hours in advance to purchase tickets (LIMITED AVAILABILITY).
- Late arrivals can meet their tour group inside the Space Center's Food Labs Cafeteria if they arrive before 10:30 AM. All arrivals after 10:30 AM will need to explore the Space Center on their own.
- Late arrivals may request their general admission tickets sent electronically for self-admission into the Space Center.
- In the event of bad weather, travelers may opt to reschedule for another date free of charge at their own discretion.
- Children below age of 6 are welcome to join the tour but require their own valid ticket.
- Failure to arrive on time can result in a postponed tour date subject to tour availability or an abandoned tour if we do not hear from you in advance of the scheduled start time.
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
