When you visit their web-site check out the mission schedule to see if you would be able to fit in a shuttle launch. I wrote away to KSC about a month ago to get a free car pass to get on-site to view a shuttle launch scheduled for mid-November. It is on a first come first serve or rather mail basis. You can only get them by mail. I put the return address in my two boys' names and they received a post card back to tell them they would be getting their passes three weeks before the launch. I'm sure it will be a very exciting thing for them to see.