Houston Attractions
Space Center Houston
America's gateway to NASA, Space Center Houston is a must-see landmark featuring real spacecraft, astronaut artifacts, and hands-on STEM exhibits.
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Clear Your Schedule. You'll Need the Whole Day
When you have plans to visit Space Center Houston, have in mind that your schedule will need to be cleared. The space center is a wonderful place. Anyone who's been there will tell you it's far more than you expect walking in.
The crown jewel is an Independence space shuttle parked outside, part of the museum itself. From the Destiny Theater to original Gemini and Apollo ships, spacesuits, and moon rocks, Space Center Houston is a full day of fascination.
- Independence Space Shuttle
- Starship Gallery
- Moon Rock Vault
- Skylab Reconstruction
- Johnson Space Center Tours
- NASA's Mars Project Exhibits
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How to Spend an Exciting Day at Space Center Houston
Explore the Starship Gallery
Start with the Destiny Theater's short film on America's space program, then walk through the starship gallery's full history of U.S. space travel. See original ships from Gemini, Apollo, and Mercury missions alongside spacesuits, patches, and memorabilia. It's a walk through history that feels genuinely awe-inspiring.
Visit the Moon Rock Vault
Step out of the starship gallery and into the moon rock vault, where you can actually touch a moon rock. From there, explore the reconstruction of Skylab, the predecessor to the International Space Station, decommissioned in the late 1970s. It's proof that we really did get to the moon.
Explore the Space Shuttle
Head to Independence Plaza and prepare to be blown away. The massive aircraft and space shuttle replica look large from the parking lot. They're overwhelming up close. With your ticket you can explore inside the plane and the shuttle replica, getting a real feel for what life as an astronaut felt like from the 1980s through 2010s.
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