Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
The Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory is an astronaut training facility and neutral buoyancy pool operated by NASA and located at the Sonny Carter Training Facility, near the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Research
- Description: astronaut training facility operated by NASA
- Also known as: “Neutral Buoyancy Lab”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ellington Field and Grace Christian Academy.
Ellington Field
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Ellington Airport is a public and military use airport in Harris County, Texas, United States. It is owned by the City of Houston's department of aviation, Houston Airport System and located 15 nmi southeast of downtown Houston.
Grace Christian Academy
School
Grace Christian Academy is a private K–12 Christian school located in Clear Lake City, Houston, Texas. The independent Christian school is located on a 20-acre facility, with one building and 106,000 usable square feet, in the Pineloch neighborhood in Clear Lake City. Grace Christian Academy is situated 2 miles south of Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clear Lake and Golden Acres.
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.
Golden Acres
Hamlet
Golden Acres is an area in Pasadena, Texas, United States that was formerly an unincorporated community in Harris County. Golden Acres is located southeast of Downtown Pasadena. The name comes from the developer's slogan, "a golden opportunity."… Golden Acres is situated 4½ miles north of Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.
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.
Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory
- Categories: laboratory, neutral buoyancy pool, industry, office, and education
- Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.6063° or 29° 36′ 23″ northLongitude
-95.14393° or 95° 8′ 38″ westOpen location code
76X6JV44+GCOpenStreetMap ID
way 374812559OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
office=researchWikidata ID
Q3214454
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مختبر الطفو المحايد”
- French: “Laboratoire de flottabilité neutre”
- French: “Neutral buoyancy laboratory”
- French: “Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory”
- Hebrew: “המעבדה לציפה נייטרלית”
- Italian: “Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory”
- Japanese: “ソニー・カーター訓練施設”
- Japanese: “中性浮力研究所”
- Japanese: “無重量環境訓練施設”
- Persian: “آزمایشگاه شناوری خنثی”
- Portuguese: “Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory”
- Swedish: “Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include North Pointe Elementary School and Emler Swim School.
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