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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Feb
Solving Space: Perseverance Landed
Read moreOn Feb. 18, 2021, NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover landed on Mars. The innovative landing system worked perfectly. @NASAPersevere tweeted about its landing and landing
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17
Feb
Space Center Houston to Remain Closed Until Feb. 20
Read moreSpace Center Houston will remain closed on Thursday, Feb. 18 and Friday, Feb. 19 to protect the safety of its guests and workers due to
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16
Feb
Solving Space: Perseverance Getting Close!
Read moreAfter nearly 300 million miles (470 million km), NASA’s Perseverance rover completes its journey to Mars on Feb. 18, 2021. But, to reach the surface
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15
Feb
Monthly Quiz: Perseverance
Read moreThis month’s quiz is all about Perseverance, NASA’s fifth Martian rover, which will land on the red planet later this week for the Mars 2020
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