NASA Infinity Science Center

This museum is great for children and young adults. It would be more accurate to name it a children’s museum because some adults may find it a bit disappointing as an extra side trip from New Orleans in a rental car.

Groupon is how we found out about this place. My boys ages 9 & 13, along with my husband and I enjoyed the visit. It was pouring down rain the day we went, so it was a little frustrating to not get good pictures of the rocket testing (so I snagged a few from here). Great for kids!

Off interstate 10 at the border of Mississippi /​Louisiana border. It’s right by a rest stop and wandered over to this center right next door. We only saw the outside exhibits which were giant things like the objects like a tsunami buoy and a giant jet cone for the shuttle. We didn’t have time to take the inside tour for $ 8 bucks — senior, but the quick 15 minute detour to walk around these objects was a nice break from driving!

Pros-​great activities to kids on all age engaged and having fun.
Tour was really impressive with a ton of interesting facts.
Staff at the exhibits were so friendly and knowledgeable.
Go get hot boiled peanuts at the truck near the entrance… Awesome!!!
Cons– two young girls at front desk were less than friendly.
Exhibits really are geared for kids and everyone over 18 must have DL to take tour.

We were unable to join the bus tour. You must have valid state ID or passport to get on the tour. We are non US citizens but we live in the states legally and hold valid state ID’s. We paid for the admissions and waited 30 min to sign up for the tour only to find out that all non US citizens regardless of your residency even (if you hold a valid US drivers licence) must show passport. Since we were traveling domestically, we did not bring our passports with us. Wdid not see the museum since we asked for refunds but the museum appeared to be for little kids… the museum itself is not worth $ 12 if you are not doing the tour. If you are a group of adults only, save your $ 12…or just make sure you bring your passports and IDs.

I love space exploration! As a kid, an astronaut is what I wanted to be when I grew up!
This is good family fun, no matter what age you are. To view and read everything will take about 2 hours. This will include the 40 minute bus ride that will take you over to Stennis to view the rocket test facility. The buses roll every hour, just need to sign up. Don’t worry about which side of the bus to sit on, the drivers make it easy so everyone can see. They also stop so you can take pictures.
There is a café on the grounds in case you get hungry and a NASA gift shop to buy souvenirs. Hours are from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Have fun.

*********This is the same review as for the other listing for the Stennis Space Center. I am simply copy/​pasting due to there being two listing for essentially the same space. The museum and tour are both awesome. Just come and do it!**********
I have driven by several times on my way to other places. I came to actually visit recently and thoroughly enjoyed myself. It was interesting to learn some of the history, and see the insides of the shuttles and rockets. I did take the bus tour of the center, and the NASA testing facilities. I found it interesting and very informative. All of the volunteers and employees truly care about their job and providing the best information. We also saw a wild boar on the tour. It was interesting to learn the details of how this area was chosen and how it came about.
I look forward to hopefully bringing friends and family to take the tour.

PROS – Excellent choice for a family activity. Fantastic tours of the entire space center and test sites. A few good exhibits and fun activities for kids. Nice gift shop. Café french fries were good. Very friendly staff. Highly recommended.
CONS – Needs more exhibits. Parking lot is most rocks.

I love everything with NASA sticker
Modern center with modern exhibits
Good food court
Good for families
Rather boring bus tour compared to Florida nasa yours

Great place to bring kid to learn about space. This is my 2 trip with visiting family and I enjoyed it both time. Definitely take the bus tour it is included in the price. You see the test area.

Space!
Who doesn’t want to learn more about space stuff and see a moon rock?
It’s definitely new and still feels squeaky clean. The grounds are still looking a bit sparse but there are various rocket parts and vehicles to look at, as well as an alligator pond.
Favorite bits were the international space station module, the plants experiment display, the hand needleworked mission patches from around the country, and the 1970s office room.
I wasn’t so big on the rides (at additional cost) inside the discovery areas. But the films and displays were good, if a bit sparse.
Cost was $ 10 but there is a discount for groups. There is a small gift shop and a café. The café was not open yet when we arrived at 10:30 BUT there was a coffee vending machine (which my friends found acceptable) and for me an ice cream bar vending machine. Beverages were allowed in the display area btw.
The bus tours leave on the hour and you sign up by the front entrance about 30 minutes before. The bus tour is about 45 minutes and you drive all over the Stennis facility. Highlights of the tour were the rocket testing rigs… just like in the movies! Our driver seemed to be really interested in the Navy Seals who train on the grounds so we learned a lot about that.

Great place to bring the family. We’re having a great time and are about to go out to the launch area.

Excellent & adventurous outing! Learning about science, history, & outer space all under one roof. The bus tour was amazing & the tour guide was AWESOME! I HIGHLY recommend this place for any parents that have a child/​children interested in science.

We went to the Infinity Center kind of as a last minute decision and I’d definitely recommend it! The bus tour of the property and engine test sites was very interesting and our guide (Corey) was both informative and funny. It would be great to be there for an actual engine test, but it seems those aren’t announced in advance, so you have to just be lucky enough to be there for one of those.
The Science Center area has good exhibits — quite a few are really geared toward kids, so I’d recommend them if you have the time to spend. We really enjoyed the equipment around the outside of the entrance and the upstairs exhibits that were more about actual missions and the future of space technology. We spent about 3 hours total, without kids and including the tour, and it was a good way to spend the afternoon!

To get up close and personal with the rocket testing facility here is a real amazing deal. The buss ride to the rocket motor testing facility and the tour operators explanations are wonderful. There is so much going on here and it is good to get a bit of insight into what it takes. The size of the test facilities are almost unfathomable.
Now back to the Science center. A lot of the layout is for kids and has interactive displays. Lets get all the children here and get them excited about science. I love that. The historical display that was on loan during my trip talked of the history of explorers and why they are so valuable to the long term survival of a civilization. It was wonderfully done and my brain was almost too full after that to fit anything else in.
Apparently there are 10 NASA facilities that deal with different parts of the program I was in the Huntsville facility last year and can’t wait to find all the others.

My family of four (kids are aged 5 and 1) loved this place! The $ 10 admission price includes a 40 minute bus tour of the actual test sites and some of the 220 square mile facility.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THE «SIMULATOR!» It costs $ 5 but is nothing about a space shuttle or NASA in general. The sim is only a scifi story with bad graphics that does no more than shake the hell out of you and make you very sick.

NASA Infinity is one of the best stops for a leg stretch along this section on I10. They have a very very nice modern building, and of course cool stuff to take pictures next to. Everything is very interesting and the exhibits look very cool as well. The staff was incredibly nice and all had huge smiles. The kids will love this place and most likely so will you. I recommend at a bare minimum stopping for pictures or at least stretching your legs around the free outside exhibits.

What can I say… a science center off I10 in Mississippi? I think its awesome and a perfect place for a traveling family to take a break! They also have a cafeteria that serves traditional Louisiana food like gumbo, red beans and rice, etc… Way better than a rest stop.

The science center is ramping up the amount of exhibits they have, and it seems like everyone who works there, worked for NASA so they are extremely happy to share their experiences! They have some great gifts in the shop, and I love how anyone can enjoy the F-​1 rocket motor outside: my family was just passing thru to Mississippi when we saw the center, and had to pull-​in. Definitely a MUST-​SEE location!

Infinity is a brand new space/​science center opened April 2012, but because they’re so new, the number of exhibits are very limited. They have a lot of space for more exhibits but need more time to develop. They are also out of the way at the border of Louisiana and Mississippi with few visitors. The only reason we stopped was because we were driving from Biloxi to New Orleans.
There is also a bus tour (included in ticket price) of the Stennis Space Center grounds north of I-​10 that tests all the rocket engines for NASA, that leaves every hour from 11 to 3. The food area had a lot to offer and my mushroom swiss burger was rather good. My hope is that they will grow and the number of visitors will grow with them.