Location Houston, Texas, U.S. Website spacecenter.org Phone +1 281-244-2100 | Visitors per annum 715,934 (2008) Opened 16 October 1992 Owner NASA | |
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Slogan The Official Visitor Center of the Johnson Space Center Operated by Manned Spaceflight Educational Foundation Incorporated Address 1601 NASA Road 1, Houston, TX 77058, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–5PMTuesday10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday(Cesar Chavez Day)10AM–5PMHours might differSaturday10AM–6PMSunday10AM–6PMMonday10AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Downtown Aquarium - Houston, Children's Museum of Houston, Houston Museum of Natural S, Hermann Park, Johnson Space Center Profiles | ||
A trip to space center houston
Space Center Houston is the official visitor center of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center—the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) center for human spaceflight activities—located in Houston, Texas. Currently, the facility is operated by the nonprofit Manned Spaceflight Educational Foundation Incorporated with design input from Walt Disney Imagineering. and designed by award-winning experience designer Bob Rogers (designer) and the design team BRC Imagination Arts.
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Starship Gallery
Space Center Houston is home to space artifacts and hardware including:
Some of these artifacts (except Skylab) were formerly housed in the Johnson Space Center's former Visitor Center in Building 2.
NASA Tram Tour and Rocket Park
A tram tour of JSC includes Building 30 (location of the Historic and Chris Kraft Mission Control Centers), Building 9 (location of the Space Vehicle Mockup Facility), and Rocket Park with its restored Saturn V.
This Saturn V rocket is made up of first stage from SA-514, the second stage from SA-515 and the third stage from SA-513, which was unneeded after it was replaced by the Skylab workshop. The restored Saturn V, on loan from the Smithsonian, is on display after it sat exposed to outdoor elements from 1977 through 2004, leading to exterior weather damage and plants, molds, and small animals inside the stages. In 2004 the Smithsonian took over and began efforts to restore the vehicle through a grant from the National Park Service's Save America's Treasures program and the National Trust for Historic Preservation along with private contributions
Independence Plaza
The Space Center is also the home of the Space Shuttle Independence mockup. Formerly known as Explorer, Independence was previously located at the Kennedy Space Center, but was moved to make way for a new permanent attraction hall for Space Shuttle Atlantis. Independence is now displayed atop the retired Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, NASA 905. On August 14, 2014, a heavy lift was completed to place Independence on top of NASA 905, which had been moved to Space Center Houston from Ellington Field on April 30, 2014. The center plans to open the combined exhibit in 2015 at an estimated cost of US$12 million.