Right at the entrance, we were greeted by an array of rockets used over the years. The specific names of all the models escape me, but the largest one is the legendary Saturn 5 model - the most powerful machine ever built by man.

Another one of NASA's land crawlers, hiding inside.

The business end of this rocket looks more like a tangled mess of tubes and wires, but its a very advanced and complicated machine.

One of NASA's two land crawlers, currently being outfitted for SpaceX missions.

Instead of a boring fountain, the center had a map of the cosmos carved into a 2 ton granite sphere, suspended and slowly rotating on a water base. With enough force you could spin it a different direction!