A popular destination for local school trips and youth groups, as well as those interested in space exploration, the NASA Glenn Research Center's visitors center will be closing down this fall. It will not be closing for renovations, but rather, for good. NASA plans to offer the exhibits to the Great Lakes Science Center in downtown Cleveland.

NASA Glenn Director Woodrow Whitlow Jr. said that the reasons for the closure include a tight budget, as well as the desire to give the facility a higher profile.

Due to changing priorities in NASA's budget, that meant NASA Glenn had to cut more than $250,000 from its public affairs program. The Great Lakes Science Center draws more visitors than NASA Glenn, however one of the draws of the visitors center at NASA was that there was no admission charge. The science center charges admission.