VIDEO: Happy 27th birthday Space Center Houston
Oct. 16, 1992 Space Center Houston opened its doors and committed to a mission of sharing science and space exploration with the world. Twenty seven years later, more than a million guests get to experience space up close, to learn about Mars and the Moon and to go inside the
VIDEO: Thought Leader Series – Astronauts from Around the World
Space is a truly international endeavor. In this Oct. 16 installment of our ongoing Thought Leader Series, presented by the University of Texas Medical Branch, four fliers discuss their lives in space and careers as space explorers as part of the Association of Space Explorer’s Planetary Congress. British cosmonaut Helen
VIDEO: John Young STS-1 Suit
Did you know that you can see a spacesuit from the inaugural mission of the Space Shuttle Program at Space Center Houston? In our Astronaut Gallery, you can get an up close look at John W. Young’s STS-1 suit that he wore on Space Shuttle Columbia April 12, 1981. Click
Video: Apollo Engineering panel (session 2)
Landing Apollo 11 on the Moon was a watershed event for humanity. But, the Apollo program required unprecedented engineering innovations so that Neil Armstrong could take that fateful first step. Learn about the unique challenges of building a system to dock two spacecraft while in orbit, transit to the Moon,
Video: Apollo flight controller panel (session 3)
Apollo-era flight controllers shared some of their mission memories at our Apollo 11 50th anniversary celebration on July 20. In this panel hear from Wendel Mendel and Arthur L. Schmitt about Lunar Science Operations. > Learn more about lunar science in our Starship Gallery, home to our Lunar Sample Vault
Video: Apollo flight controller panel (session 2)
Apollo-era flight controllers shared some of their mission memories at our Apollo 11 50th anniversary celebration on July 20. In this panel hear from Jack Knight, Harold A. Loden, William Reeves and Robert Nance about about Lunar Module Landing Operations. See a Lunar Module (Lunar Test Article 8) that was
VIDEO: Thought Leader Series – The Future of Spaceflight
The future of spaceflight will be here sooner than you think. NASA’s plans currently have humans traveling back to the Moon by 2024. How will they get there? How will they sustain their presence on the lunar surface? In the Aug. 9 installment of our ongoing Thought Leader Series experts
Video: Apollo flight controller panel (session 1)
Apollo-era flight controllers shared some of their mission memories at our Apollo 11 50th anniversary celebration on July 20. In this panel hear from Richard Cucco, Jack Knight and William Reeves about Lunar Module development and operational issues. See a Lunar Module (Lunar Test Article 8) that was used for
VIDEO: Thought Leader Series – Inside Mission Control with Current Flight Controllers
What is it like to sit at the helm of human spaceflight and work with a variety of highly-trained teams of engineers and scientists? Look inside what it’s like to be in Mission Control during this July 23, 2019 installment of our Thought Leader Series featuring current NASA Johnson Space
Video: Apollo Mission Control Center now touring
After two years, we are ready to show off the newly restored Apollo Mission Control Center! Two years in the making, this monumental project has returned this national historic landmark to how it looked in 1969. This room has been restored to look as it originally did during the Apollo
