Johnson Space Center heliport

Johnson Space Center heliport is a helipad in Harris County, Texas. Johnson Space Center heliport is situated nearby to the building Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, as well as near the village Nassau Bay.

Type: Helipad
Description: heliport in Texas, United States
Also known as: “Johnson Space Center Heliport”
Address: TX

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Johnson Space Center and Space Shuttle Independence.

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 350 feet northwest of Johnson Space Center heliport.

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 4,200 feet southwest of Johnson Space Center heliport.

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center is situated 1,700 feet southeast of Johnson Space Center heliport.

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.

Taylor Lake Village

Village

Taylor Lake Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,704 at the 2020 U.S. census. Taylor Lake Village is situated 2½ miles northeast of Johnson Space Center heliport.

Johnson Space Center heliport

Categories: heliport and transportation
Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.56242° or 29° 33′ 45″ north

Longitude

-95.09114° or 95° 5′ 28″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

76X6HW65+XG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 53292681

OpenStreetMap feature

aeroway=helipad

GeoNames ID

4701414

Wikidata ID

Q61720492

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In Other Languages

“Johnson Space Center heliport” goes by many names.

French: “72TX”
French: “héliport de Johnson Space Center”
French: “Héliport de Johnson Space Center”

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