Virginia Air & Space Center050

The Virginia Air & Space Center is the visitor center for the NASA Langley Research Center and Langley Air Force Base. The Center features hands-on air and space exhibits, an interactive aviation gallery that spans 100 years of flight, more than 30 historic aircraft, unique space flight artifacts, and more. Kids can launch a rocket, pilot a space shuttle, become an air traffic controller, fly an airplane, and climb aboard a WWII bomber. The Riverside IMAX Theater shows a variety of 3D IMAX films.

Science camps, for children in Kindergarten through grade seven, are offered in the summer and over the spring and winter holidays. Birthday party packages are also available.

Outside is the Hampton Carousel, a restored, 1920 carousel. Tickets are $2, and can be purchased at the carousel or in the Space Center. There is also a seasonal outdoor ice skating rink, Downtown Hampton on Ice, which runs from late November through early March.