NASA Kennedy Space Center Visitors Could Win a Trip to Space

Current visitors to the Kennedy Space Center could now win an actual trip into space on board the XCOR rocket aircraft. The trip is just one part of a nearly $100,000 prize contest by NASA at the Space Center this summer.

In addition to “Star Trek: The Exhibition” which has been running since June, continuing through September, KSC is trying to draw more crowds to its visitor’s complex with a big summer contest. Admission to the complex automatically enters one into the contest.

A suborbital flight in a two-seat XCOR Aerospace Lynx spacecraft is part of the two grand prizes in the contest. According to KSC, the Lynx will be piloted by retired astronaut Richard Searfoss, who participated in three space shuttle missions in the 1990s, center officials said. The flight takes off and lands on a conventional runway and should last for about 45 minutes.

Winners of the grand prize will spend five days training for the flight before the launch.

More information about the contest, including a complete list of prizes and other activities at the Space Center can be found at the KSC web site: www.KennedySpaceCenter.com.