Orlando 2012 Day 3 Nasa (Kennedy Space Center)

Today was the "title track" for this album, the trip out to the Kennedy space center

We started out at the visitors center, where they have the Rocket garden, where there are a number of earlier pre-appollo rockets on display. I thought these were big, until (later) we saw the Saturn 5 (ie the rocket used to go to the moon, the biggest ever made)

1`st Russian Ship to dock with an Apollo

Warning Will Robinson. I knew he was real!

After the above museum, on a bus for a tour of the facilities

The flag on this vehicle assembly building is the size of a football field

Launch Platform

 

The actual real command center used for the Apollo (Moon landing) program

 One of the main Shuttle engines

Next off to the Saturn 5 complex, where there is a full size Saturn 5 on display. laying on it's side. You really don't realise how big it is till right next to it

Main 1st stage Saturn 5 engines

Looking down the Saturn 5

Moon Lander module

 

Service Module engine (the part that went to the Moon)

 Command Module (this is where you sit)

Me touching a piece of real Moon Rock

Moon Lander internals

Moon Buggy

Space suite used by Apollo program

Full size replica of the Shuttle. Not one of the actual fleet, These are all (there are 3 here at the center at the moment in various buildings) in preparation for display around the nation, One will be here for a new exhibition ready next year 2013.

Well, good excuse to come back!