Houston City Tour: NASA Space Center Day Trip

Maximize your time in Houston with a driving city tour and a visit to the famous NASA Space Center. Explore Houston’s top architecture, historical monuments, and colorful Graffiti District. Then, experience interactive exhibits and tram tours at the iconic NASA Johnson Space Center.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Bank of America Tower - Please arrive 10 minutes prior to the start time at the bottom floor or “tunnel-level” of the Bank of America Tower (800 Capitol Street, Houston, TX 77002) for check-in, as well as a chance to use the restroom or grab a coffee before embarking on the city driving tour. If your group arrives early, feel free to relax in the…
What's Included
  • Guided city driving tour in air-conditioned Mercedes shuttle
  • Nearly 5 hours to explore the NASA Space Center at own freedom
  • Recommended tour stops for hop-off photos
  • Round-Trip Transportation from meeting location to NASA Space Center
  • General Admission (GA) ticket into the NASA Space Center
What's Not Included
  • Food/ Beverages & Optional Gratuities
  • Ticket for Historic Mission Control Tour contact us to purchase tickets (limited availability)
Additional Information

Save on admission tickets and round-trip transportation to NASA Space Center Houston while making the most of your time in Space City with our free driving City Tour of Houston.
This value-packed combo offers General Admission tickets and Round-trip Transportation to the NASA Space Center, located just 35 to 60 minutes from downtown Houston. Arrive…

Location
Bank of America Tower
Capitol Street
Meet at 8:45 AM on the bottom floor or "tunnel-level" of the Bank of America Tower (800 Capitol Street, Houston, TX 77002) for check-in as well as bathroom/coffee opportunity before starting the driving city tour portion at 9:00 AM.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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39haroldp
Mar 24, 2025
Best value to the Houston Space center - $80 very well spent. I appreciated not having to spend $100 on a ride share application from hotel to the Space center. Everything was on time and well organized. The guides were pleasant and helped make a cool place like NASA even more enjoyable
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438jessien
Mar 16, 2025
lovely time in Houston - Lovely experience. Terrific coordinator and guide Vanessa, I enjoyed the ride to Space center with our brilliant Dan. They got me into the Astronaut Training tour and campus tour!! The tour offered some nice stops and opportunities to take photos. All in all, highly worth the money and time!! Thank you Astrotours and Vanessa
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Careyb465
Mar 14, 2025
Brilliant experience - Terrific guide services and excellent value. Van was 5 star, they played Apollo 13 on way to the Space Centre and provided great assistance with the trams. Best part was skipping the 100+ line at the entrance thanks to our pleasant driver Ben
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Compass45940151741
Mar 14, 2025
Houston NASA - Great tips from Vanessa to explore Houston and great service. We didn't even have to wait at the entrance, she brought us in faster and already had the first tour on campus incl. tips ready. Super!
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B2521tceddiej
Mar 7, 2025
Limited time in Houston - then do this tour. - If limited on time on Houston as I was there on a 3D image conference, this was the perfect option for us to be able to see different parts of the city and NASA all in one day!!! The tour covered beautiful areas of Houston including the Central Park, Harvard of Texas, Houston mansions, and art museum. We were then taken to NASA in a jumbo Mercedes shuttle with TV playing Apollo 13 and escorted into the Space Center by our Fabolous guide Vanessa. She helped us schedule the available tram tours since many in the group did not speak much English which I thought was so kind of her to do so. This was a economical and a GREAT experience overall for someone who just had a day to see what Houston is about
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644meredithw
Mar 2, 2025
Fantastic Houston tour and trip to NASA - We only had one day in Houston and wanted to see the Space Center before our cruise to Belize. Thankfully I found this terrific option as my husband said the transportation from our hotel and tickets to Space Center would have easily cost us over $200! The transportation and tickets are included with the tour package and you can enjoy relaxing ride with Apollo 13 showing. The driver Loui and the guide Julie were both fantastic and helpful! Julie gave us some great recommendations for seafood and attractions in Galveston. The space center itself is something you can’t miss if in Houston. We highly recommend this tour and service
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D4474fujohnb
Feb 22, 2025
Great value experience - Wonderful experience and value. The transportation to the Space centre alone would have run us about $90. For that price, we got tickets, luxury transport and a free city tour. The guides were super knowledgeable and answered our groups questions about the space centre
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J5897kafrancisa
Nov 19, 2024
Best of Houston and NASA - I wanted to share a quick recap of my recent tour experience. I would rate both the tour and the tour guides a perfect 10 out of 10! Vanessa and the driver (I apologize for forgetting your name) were incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. We were provided with texts before the tour explaining exactly where pick-up would be and again when they would be arriving to take us back...this was very much appreciated and so helpful! We were pleasantly surprised by the number of places we visited and the sights we saw. They were very well-prepared and professional. Vanessa even had cowboy hats for us to wear for a Texan-themed photo and provided rain ponchos just in case. The Space Centre was truly amazing, and the city tour tips and tricks were top-notch. They also gave us great food recommendations. We loved it! It was an excellent experience that I highly recommend!
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Oliviabh7192nl
Oct 25, 2024
Space Cowgirls - This was a fun way to spend our limited time in Houston. The hour driving tour was informative and interesting. We loved the "cowgirl" photographs in front of the Houston monuments. both the driver and guide were super kind. The transportation/tickets to NASA made the day as stress-free as possible and turned out to a very discounted deal considering the price of admission is $30 and round-trip to NASA from where we were staying in downtown was going to be $50 each way. I would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Houston for the first time and looking for cost-effective way to see the city and get to the Space Center
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A2082qurobynd
Oct 15, 2024
Great way to see Houston - This was a great way to see the city and get down to NASA. Vanessa and Dan were great guides, showing the rather amusing works of art throughout the city, and telling us about where to go and what to see. Loved having the Texan cowgirl photos! Well worth the city tour. The trip down to NASA was easy - enjoyed watching Apollo 13. A small van made the trip quicker and more fun.
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From $80
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).