Space Center Houston
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Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. It has earned a place as a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014. The organization is owned by NASA, and operated under a contract by the nonprofit Manned Spaceflight Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization. The Johnson Space Center is the home of Mission Control and astronaut training. The center opened in 1992 replacing the former Visitor Center in Johnson Space Center Building 2. The museum is 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) and displays over 400 space artifacts, including the Mercury 9, Gemini 5, and Apollo 17 space capsules.
Nearby Locations:
| Lone Star Flight Museum (5.9 miles) Waugh Drive Bat Colony (23.2 miles) Beer Can House (24.3 miles) Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park (25.4 miles) |
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Space Center Houston, 1601 E NASA Pkwy
Houston, Texas 77058
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