Space Center Houston opened its new Sensory Room on April 17. The space was made possible by a donation from MegaStar Financial and its CEO, Anita Padilla-Fitzgerald.
How well do you know your astronomical neighborhood? Let’s go on a trip through our solar system and explore the weird, the wild, and the beautiful all around us. Today,…
Each month, in our Launch Pad series we cover notable spaceflight missions set to liftoff soon. It’s launch day for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) GOES-T, a satellite…
Educators, get inspired this spring and immerse yourself in authentic learning. As part of Educator Appreciation Month in March at Space Center Houston, educators get in free. Teachers’ family…
How do astronauts prepare for spacewalking in zero gravity? They practice in a giant pool, called the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory, or NBL. Located at NASA’s Sonny Carter Training Facility near…
Right now, NASA is doing amazing things. They are exploring our solar system, looking deeper into the universe with a new, more powerful space telescope, and have had people living…
To understand how a super heavy rocket can launch into space, you have to go back to the basics and take a closer look at Newton’s three laws of motion.…
In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Since that historic milestone, many more astronauts have followed. For more than half a century, men and women have lived…
Tickets are on sale now! HOUSTON, Feb. 16, 2022 –Celebrate and learn about NASA’s plans to return to the Moon with the launch of Space Center Houston’s Moon2Mars Festival, presented by…
In our new Spacecraft Spotlight blog series, we are featuring different spacecraft and highlighting their unique features and significant contributions to the history of space exploration. This month we are…
