Johnson Space Center

The Johnson Space Center is a must-see, massive facility located in Houston, TX where NASA is actively working on research and development of space exploration technology, trains astronauts, quarantines/provides a recovery facility for astronauts after space flight, and has a building dedicated as a vault for holding extra-terrestrial material returned from space missions.

Here are some of the highlights from my visit to Johnson Space Center.

Astronaut training equipment
Robot development for assisting astronauts in space.
Research and development section
Saturn V booster engines
Saturn V booster
Saturn V Apollo Capsule and Lunar Module
Challenger Space Shuttle mounted on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Inside Challenger, showing Canadarm
Challenger control panels
DeLorean from Back to the Future
I was able to touch a Mars rock that was recovered from a Mars meteorite. I also touched a lunar rock that was returned from the Apollo 17 moon mission in 1972.
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