TOURED THE KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AHEAD OF VETERANS DAY. THE EVENT IS PART OF THE SPACE CENTER’S EFFORTS TO GIVE BACK. AS WESH 2’S STEWART MOORE REPORTS, THE VETERANS SAY THEY HAD A BLAST.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Friday, Nov. 8, is National STEM Day, and Space Center Houston hosted students from around the region to participate in special events curated just for the day.

It also came just over four hours after a different Falcon 9 rocket launched the Koreasat-6A communications satellite from NASA's Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida earlier on Monday.

Nick Hague and Alex Gorbunov arrive at Kennedy Space Center on Saturday ahead of Thursday’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch. NASA delays launch of Crew-9 mission due to Tropical Storm Helene Read full ...