Space Center Houston is a science and space learning center and the visitors center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Johnson Space Center is the home of Mission Control and astronaut training.
The center holds over 400 space artifacts, permanent and traveling exhibits, attractions, live shows, and theaters dedicated to preserving the history of America’s human spaceflight program.
The center has extensive Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics programs for students and teachers.
Space Center Houston is the home of a Space Shuttle replica, where it stands mounted on one of the two original shuttle carrier aircraft.
Apollo 17 Command Module, Space Center Houston
Highlights of the Space Center Houston
- Johnson Space Center Tour
- Moon Rocks
- Full-scale Skylab Trainer
- Mercury 9 capsule, Faith 7
- Gemini 5 capsule
- Apollo 17 Command Module America from 1971 during the last crewed Moon mission
- Lunar Roving Vehicle Trainer
- Skylab 1-G Trainer
- Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking module trainer
- Mission Mars Exhibits
- Astronaut Gallery with a collection of spacesuits
Gemini 5 Spacecraft, 1965, the third manned flight of the Gemini program – Space Center Houston
Johnson Space Center Visits
Visits to the Johnson Space Center are available via an open-air tram tour. The tour includes:
- the historic Mission Operations Control Room
- the Mission Control Center
- the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility
- The Rocket Park with a restored Saturn V rocket
Saturn V – Space Center Houston
Space Center Houston
- Name: Space Center Houston
- City: Houston
- Opened: 1992
- Type: Space museum
- Location: 1601 NASA Parkway. Houston, Texas, USA
Space Center Houston Map
Space Center Houston- 360 Views
Space Center Houston – 360 Views
Space Center Houston – 360 Views
Space Center Houston – 360 Views
Space Center Houston – 360 Views
Space Center Houston
NASA Space Center Houston in TEXAS
Visiting the Houston Space Center in Texas
Virtual Tours of American Museums
- New York Museums
- Washington, D.C. Museums
- Massachusetts Museums
- Boston Museums
- Los Angeles Museums
- San Francisco Museums
- Chicago Museums
- Ohio Museums
- Cleveland Museums
- Columbus Museums
- Cincinnati Museums
- Philadelphia Museums
- New Jersey Museums
- Wilmington Museums
- Houston Museums
- Honolulu Museums
- New Haven Museums
- Baltimore Museums
- Buffalo, New York Museums
- Fort Worth, Texas Museums
- Detroit Museums
- St. Louis Museums
- Indianapolis Museums
- Denver Museums
- Dallas Museums
- Phoenix, Arizona Museums
- Pasadena, California Museums
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin Museums
- Richmond, Virginia Museums
- Kansas City, Missouri Museums
- Miami, Florida Museums
- Hartford, Connecticut
Space Station Mockup
Space Center Houston
Why Is NASA Based In Houston?
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“All civilizations become either spacefaring or extinct.”
– Carl Sagan
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