Space Center Houston

Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA in Houston, Texas. It was designated a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: official visitor center of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
  • Also known as: “Lyndon B Johnson Space Center” and “spacecenter.org”
  • Address: 1601 NASA Parkway, Houston, TX 77058
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Space Shuttle Independence and Johnson Space Center.

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, formerly known as Explorer, is a full-scale, high-fidelity replica of the Space Shuttle orbiter. It was built by Guard-Lee in , installed at in 1993, and moved to Space Center Houston in 2012. is situated 340 feet north of Space Center Houston.

Research institute
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The Lyndon B. is NASA's center for human spaceflight in , Texas, where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. is situated 1 mile north of Space Center Houston.

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NASA's , also known by its radio callsign, Houston, is the facility at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in , 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. is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Space Center Houston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nassau Bay and Clear Lake.

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is a city in , , United States, bordering the outermost southeastern edge of the city of . It is located in the Clear Lake Area near , directly adjacent to the Lyndon B.

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is a district of . 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.

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

Space Center Houston

Latitude
29.55113° or 29° 33′ 4″ north
Longitude
-95.09733° or 95° 5′ 50″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
76X6HW23+F3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 233155533
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4733443
Wiki­data ID
Q2749172
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Space Center Houston” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “休士頓太空中心”
  • Chinese: “休斯敦太空中心”
  • Chinese: “休斯敦航天中心”
  • Dutch: “Houston Space Center”
  • Dutch: “Houston Spacecenter”
  • Dutch: “Space Center Houston”
  • Dutch: “Spacecenter Houston”
  • French: “Space Center Houston”
  • Hausa: “Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Houston”
  • Japanese: “スペースセンター・ヒューストン”
  • Korean: “휴스턴 우주 센터”
  • Romanian: “Space Center Houston”
  • Spanish: “Centro Espacial Houston”
  • Ukrainian: “Космічний центр Х’юстона”

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