NASA 968
NASA 968 is an aircraft in Harris County, Texas. NASA 968 is situated nearby to NASA 900, as well as near Falcon 9 Rocket.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Space Shuttle Independence and Space Center Houston.
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. 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 990 feet northwest of NASA 968.
Space Center Houston
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 820 feet northwest of NASA 968.
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 1 mile north of NASA 968.
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.
NASA 968
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Categories: aircraft, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.55009° or 29° 33′ 0″ northLongitude
-95.09503° or 95° 5′ 42″ westInception
1965Open location code
76X6HW23+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 1470145905OpenStreetMap feature
historic=aircraftOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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