NASA Goddard Space Flight Center — Attraction in Seabrook

We were there today, 15 Aug. This is an embarrassment, a phenomenal disgrace. As you walk outside to your left you notice parts of one display coming off. There's grass coming out between the concrete slabs for the walking area, something that's easily controlled and otherwise contributes to the weakening of the walkway. The Apollo capsule to your left has nothing I could find which identifies what it is, but were it real or a mock up you can't help but notice the moisture built up on the interior of one of the windows to the capsule - the only way to ever get inside that thing is to gas free it first or air it out for God knows how long, and the mildew and mold that must be there would be something to behold I'm sure. The interactive screen display that had benches in front of it provided all kinds of information, a lot of it not obvious and therefore likely to be lost on a casual visitor. The display on where elements comes from didn't get into the trans-ferric elements and how they're formed - what's the point if you're not going to address everything up to uranium, the last naturally created element?

If you're going to do a half-assed job, and I'm not sure this even qualifies for that, of having something like this at a national institution of excellence, or what WAS once a national institute of excellence, you don't present it to the public as this is. Close the thing down, it's a waste of taxpayer dollars to keep it as it is and if you're not going to invest in turning it into something that's far better cared for and user-friendly you send the exact opposite message to the general public and visitors from another country who come to this place. You will see FAR better displays of rocketry at either of the two Air & Space museums, and you won't walk away feeling embarrassed for the place after...

This is the space flight center, dont understand all the fuzz of such a wonderful place to visit, unless you have a hookup or know an employee it is NOT open to the public.

Many tourists/visitors confuse the Goddard Space Flight Center w the Goddard Visitor Center, two different things.

The Space Flight access only by badge, tour and need to know someone who works there.

The visitor center is a crappy little building w a few outdated, obsolete exhibitions. The gift shop is SUPER expensive. The rockets need to be painted, inside is very depressive.

Staff is very friendly, Julia knows very well about the stars, solar system, different NASA programs, great person to bring to a science classroom.

The building, visitor center, needs a renovation. Dont confuse Space Flight...

What an unexpected local find! Thanks to kidsquarantineandme on IG for leading me here. Living in Fairfax,it's about a 40 minute drive and it was worth the "trip" to MD! You'll be following signs to the Visitor Center. There's a nice open lot for parking and great views. The center is like a mini museum with all interactive displays, an outdoor area, and a theatre. They even have a scavenger hunt that your kiddos can do to find fun facts throughout the exhibits. My son loved checking his answers with the staff and got some stickers to take home! They spent two hours here and would have stayed longer if it wasn't closing...