Building 263

Building 263 is a building in Harris County, Texas. Building 263 is situated nearby to the building Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility, as well as near the power station Johnson Space Center Combined Heat & Power.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility and Johnson Space Center.

Lunar Sample Laboratory Facility

Building

Photo: Pi3.124, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 1,200 feet southwest of Building 263.

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 3,300 feet west of Building 263.

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 1¼ miles southwest of Building 263.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nassau Bay and Taylor Lake Village.

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.

Taylor Lake Village

Village

Taylor Lake Village is a city in Harris County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,704 at the 2020 U.S. census. Taylor Lake Village is situated 2 miles northeast of Building 263.

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.

Building 263

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

29.56236° or 29° 33′ 45″ north

Longitude

-95.08161° or 95° 4′ 54″ west

Open location code

76X6HW69+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 53292688

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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