Founded in 1967, Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida, has been the launch site of numerous missions, including Apollo 11, which first put humans on the moon. Today it’s both a working research center and a popular tourist attraction. There is always at least one astronaut on site, meeting visitors and leading them on a journey. Scott coordinates these daily astronaut visits as well as the exclusive Fly With an Astronaut Experience, which takes guests on a behind-the-scenes tour of the property, letting them in on well-kept secrets. “You see a lot of up-close-and-personal things that the public doesn’t. It’s a very intimate discussion,” he says.

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“During Fly With an Astronaut, we drive past the quarters where the crew quarantines before they fly into space. The a

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