Building 4S

Building 4S is a building in Harris County, Texas. Building 4S is situated nearby to the building Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, as well as near the fire station Nassau Bay Volunteer Fire Department Station 8.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Space Shuttle Independence and Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center.

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 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 3,600 feet west of Building 4S.

Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center

Building

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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 and the Artemis missions to the moon. Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Building 4S.

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 3,200 feet northwest of Building 4S.

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–Pasadena–The Woodlands metropolitan area. Its population was 12,499 at the 2020 U.S. census.

Building 4S

Type: Building
Location: Harris County, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

29.55574° or 29° 33′ 21″ north

Longitude

-95.08656° or 95° 5′ 12″ west

Open location code

76X6HW47+79

OpenStreetMap ID

way 46343676

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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