Kennedy Under the Stars: Holiday Edition
Add This Event to Your CalendarDate: Dec 19 - Dec 20, 2025
Location: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
Price: 65
An After-Hours Event,
$65 (plus tax) for all ages BUY TICKETS
The holidays come to life in a whole new way! Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex will open as the newest holiday outpost for all your space-themed merriment.
Kennedy Under the Stars returns for two nights just in time to kick off Holidays in Space. Join us on Friday, December 19 or Saturday, December 20 for a festive, after-hours experience at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Enjoy live entertainment, a holiday dance party, festive décor, and a brand-new holiday drone show that lights up the night sky. Do not miss this return of this favorite event, this time with a holiday twist.
Exclusive for the season is a first look at the Holidays in Space drone show, brand new to the visitor complex this year. The show lights up the night sky and takes you on a journey beyond our orbit and through NASA’s greatest programs, from Apollo and Shuttle to Artemis.
Kennedy Under the Stars: Holiday Edition will also include:
- Glow dance party featuring holiday music of yester-year
- Cosmic Glow Mini Golf
- Signature live entertainment, including Penny Farthing elf entertainer and the Vocalitas singing your favorite holiday tunes
- Special holiday-themed food and drinks
- Photo opportunity with the Mars Rover Vehicle Navigator® dressed like Rudolph
- Rocket Tree Trail Scavenger Hunt, fun for all ages
Many of the visitor complex’s top attractions will remain open late, so you will have extra time to explore.
Open Attractions:
- Heroes and Legends featuring the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame®
- Gateway: The Deep Space Launch Complex® and Spaceport KSC®*
- HYPERDECK VR**
- Planet Play
- Journey To Mars
- Space Shuttle Atlantis® and the Shuttle Launch Experience®*
- Space Shop
* Must be at least 44 inches tall to ride
** Must be at least 46 inches to play
Tickets are $65 and include parking.