Cleaning water
Learn about how space station astronauts recycle their water. Explore water filtration, build your own water filtration system and conduct experiments.
Build a sextant
Investigate celestial navigation, also known as astronavigation, and build a sextant to determine your latitude.
Grow space seeds
Explore plant-growing experiments on board the International Space Station and create your own space station “rooting pillow” containing a seed.
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The free Space Center Houston interactive mobile tour features audio tour, GPS maps, selfie filters, augmented reality experiences, virtual reality lite and more!
NASA at Home
Space Center Houston is the official visitor center for NASA Johnson Space Center, and the "NASA at Home" portal has many interesting and useful resources that can be enjoyed at home.
Smithsonian Learning Lab
Space Center Houston is a Smithsonian Affiliate, and you can find an extensive collection of digital resources for individuals, educators and students from across the Smithsonian's museums, research centers, libraries, and archives.
Apollo mission quarantine procedures
Did you know that Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong celebrated his 39th birthday in quarantine after returning from the historic Apollo 11 mission?
10 photos for your video call background
Bring a little space to your next video call by using these iconic photos of Space Center Houston exhibits and artifacts as your background!
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09
Jun
Celebrating Pride Month: Highlighting Diversity & Inclusion
Read moreOn June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. That wasn’t the only barrier she broke that day, but it wasn’t
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01
Jun
Remembering John Hodge
Read moreToday we remember John Hodge, NASA’s second flight director, and his significant contributions to space exploration. Hodge died on May 19 at his home in
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20
May
Artemis astronaut feature: Kayla Barron
Read moreLast year, NASA named the first Artemis astronauts. The mission to return to the Moon begins with the first Artemis flight scheduled to launch later
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28
Apr
Astronaut Michael Collins Memorial
Read moreMichael Collins was more alone than any human had ever been. As the command module pilot for Apollo 11, he was completely cut off from
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