This area offers hands-on experiences to put the space program within reach of everyone. Part Task Trainers give guests the chance to land the shuttle or retrieve a satellite through computer simulation. In the Living In Space show, guests learn how astronauts handle routine activities like eating, sleeping and showering while living and working in space. A young guest can help a briefing officer demonstrate these for the audience. The MMU Trainer, a chair-like device, uses the same principle as a hovercraft to illustrate the difficulties of repairing a satellite in the frictionless environment of space.
Guests can also try on helmets from four eras of space flight.
Tram Tours Kid's Space Place Space Center Houston is the Official Visitors Center of NASA's Johnson Space Center, which is the home of astronaut training and Mission Control. This web site is optimized for Netscape 4.0 and an 800 x 600 screen resolution. It was designed and donated by the Houston Education Resource Network , Michael Stewart , Executive Director and Webmaster. Please send site comments to Larry Angermiller , Space Center Houston Webmaster.