You can tour a REAL missile silo in Arizona… and it’s one of the wildest family adventures we’ve done. 🤯🚀 We started in the launch control center, walked 100 feet underground, passed through the original blast tunnel, and even sat at the launch console (yes — kids can “launch” a missile 😅). Then we got up close with a real Titan II missile — the last one in the U.S. you can actually visit. Whether you’re coming from Tucson or making the drive from Phoenix, this is such a unique, hands-on expe

In 1974, 22-year-old Randall Lanning was a missile launch control officer in rural Missouri. Every week he traveled deep underground where he worked overnight alongside a commander. There, in a small room, he manned the launch controls that could deploy nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet attack. He recalls one night that’s still etched in his memory. Our #StoryoftheWeek, heard on NPR Morning Edition → https://storycor.ps/4qRPtGG | StoryCorps