Apollo Mission Control Center

Apollo Mission Control Center is a building in Harris County, Texas. Apollo Mission Control Center is situated nearby to the research institute Johnson Space Center, as well as near the village Nassau Bay.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center and Johnson Space Center.

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center

Building

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NASA's Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, also known by its radio callsign, Houston, is the facility at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, that manages flight control for the United States human space program, currently involving astronauts aboard the International Space Station and the Artemis missions to the moon.

Johnson Space Center

Research institute

Photo: NASA, Public domain.

The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center is NASA's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. Johnson Space Center is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Apollo Mission Control Center.

Space Shuttle Independence

Photo: Alexrudd, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Space Shuttle Independence, formerly known as Explorer, is a full-scale, high-fidelity replica of the Space Shuttle orbiter. It was built by Guard-Lee in Apopka, Florida, installed at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in 1993, and moved to Space Center Houston in 2012. Space Shuttle Independence is situated 3,600 feet southwest of Apollo Mission Control Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nassau Bay and Clear Lake.

Nassau Bay

Village

Photo: Mike Fisher, CC BY 2.0.

Nassau Bay is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States, bordering the outermost southeastern edge of the city of Houston. It is located in the Clear Lake Area near Galveston Bay, directly adjacent to the Lyndon B.

Clear Lake

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, CC0.

Clear Lake is a district of Houston. It is home to NASA's Johnson Space Center. The area's boating opportunities are considered second only to those of Miami. Fishing, swimming, hiking, and history are also popular activities in the area.

Webster

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Webster is a city in the U.S. state of Texas located in Harris County, within the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. Its population was 12,499 at the 2020 U.S. census.

Apollo Mission Control Center

Type: Building
Also known as: “Mission Control Center”
Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.55829° or 29° 33′ 30″ north

Longitude

-95.08854° or 95° 5′ 19″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

76X6HW56+8H

GeoNames ID

4671067

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