Features of Titan Missile Museum Tucson

The Titan Missile Museum near Tucson is the country's only Titan II missile site that is publicly accessible. You can take a tour of this underground missile site and see 3 ton blast doors, silo walls of 8 feet thickness and a Titan II missile. The museum is located 25 miles south of Tucson and is open daily.

Features

• A short video is shown at the Visitor Center describing the Titan Missile Program and the visitors.
• Titan silos can be viewed through a glass window.
• Various outdoor exhibits show how the missiles were fueled.
• The control room shows the visitors how it functions, the detailed safeguards taken to verify firing order and prevention of unauthorized entry.
• Visitors can view the actual Titan II missile in its launch duct.
• The Moonlight Madness Tour is hosted at this museum every summer month's second Saturday. In this, adults and children can tour the Titan Missile Museum at night. Special kids' activities include launching seltzer rockets, taking astronaut tests and tasting space food.

A number of hotels are located near the Titan Missile Museum. The closest hotels include the Holiday Inn Express Green Valley situated 0.7 miles from the Titan Missile Museum and the Comfort Inn situated 2.05 miles from the museum. You can book hotel rooms Tucson at these hotels from $ 69 per night.

To know more about the Titan Missile Museum and its features you can visit:

http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/

http://www.atomictourist.com/titan.htm

http://www.travelmuse.com/pois/US/AZ/019/attractions/titan-missile-museum

http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/arizona/tucson/19114/titan-missile-museum/attraction-detail.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_Missile_Museum