Outside the Visitor Center is a full-scale replica of the Centaur rocket configured with a Surveyor spacecraft as the payload. Visitors can participate in interactive displays involving the reduced gravity environment experienced in space. They can discover how much higher a person can jump on Mars than on Earth, perform experiments that show how various elements react to weightlessness and conduct a multimedia simulated launch of an Atlas rocket model. A walk through the other galleries, where exhibits feature other Glenn accomplishments and programs, including the areas of aeronautics and space communications, and a stop at the gift shop will round out the visit. The Visitor Center is open throughout the year except Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and Easter.
Admission is free and it is wheelchair accessible.