This past August, my wife and I went on vacation in the Orlando area. While we were there, we checked the NASA website and found that a SpaceX launch was scheduled for that Friday. And we decided to go see it.

We got there before the gates opened. Viewing the launch was included in the admission fee. There’s a bus terminal in the visitor complex that takes you out to the Apollo/Saturn V building; the viewing stands are adjacent to that building.

The launch was impressive and I have a 1:35 video of the launch. Worth every penny we spent.

Now, SLS is built using old Shuttle parts. The Shuttles never seemed to happen on the date and time they were first supposed to go. That’s exactly what happened with Artemis I. So if you’re not living in Florida it’s going to be difficult to see a manned launch since you don’t know if the launch is actually going to happen when NASA says it will.