Johnson Space Center Museum

Johnson Space Center Museum is a museum in Harris County, Texas. Johnson Space Center Museum is situated nearby to the museum Space Center Houston, as well as near Space Shuttle Independence.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Space Shuttle Independence and Space Center Houston.

Space Shuttle Independence

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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 1,400 feet north of Johnson Space Center Museum.

Space Center Houston

Museum

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Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It was designated a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014. Space Center Houston is situated 1,000 feet northeast of Johnson Space Center Museum.

Johnson Space Center

Research institute

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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 1 mile north of Johnson Space Center Museum.

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

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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

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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.

Johnson Space Center Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.54856° or 29° 32′ 55″ north

Longitude

-95.09882° or 95° 5′ 56″ west

Elevation

16 feet (5 metres)

Open location code

76X6GWX2+CF

GeoNames ID

4701415

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