Houston Space
It earned a place as a smithsonian affiliate museum in 2014.
Houston space. The organization is owned by nasa and operated under a contract by the nonprofit manned spaceflight education foundation a 501 c 3 organization. Space center houston is looking at ways to expand authentic learning experiences for people of all ages on that land which could potentially include yards that simulate the conditions on the moon. Visitors can go inside the unprecedented international landmark independence plaza the only exhibit in the world with a full scale shuttle replica mounted on top of the original shuttle carrier aircraft nasa 905 and standing eight stories tall.
Space center houston is one of the only places on earth where visitors can see astronauts train for missions touch a real moon rock and take a behind the scenes tour of nasa. About space center houston space center houston is a leading science and space exploration learning center. A houston based division of the aerospace giant is developing its crew space transportation system under a 4 4 billion contract with nasa.
Nasa has turned over the responsibility of getting. A man was killed and a woman was injured early saturday in a solo vehicle crash near space center houston officials said.