Space Center Houston
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
- Type: Theme park
- 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 Johnson Space Center and Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center.
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 Space Center Houston.
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. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center is situated 3,800 feet northeast of Space Center Houston.
Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility
Building
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The Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is a repository and laboratory facility at NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, opened in 1979 to house geologic samples returned from the Moon by the Apollo program missions to the lunar surface between 1969 and 1972. Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility is situated 1 mile northeast of Space Center Houston.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nassau Bay and Clear Lake.
Nassau Bay
Village
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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
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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.
Space Center Houston
- Categories: science center, visitor center, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.55113° or 29° 33′ 4″ northLongitude
-95.09733° or 95° 5′ 50″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
76X6HW23+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 233155533OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=theme_park
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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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