Johnson Space Center

This is the Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas. It didn’t help us add any coasters to our conquered list; it was just a cool place to visit.

We didn’t get a chance to fully enjoy this place because it was our last day of vacation and we had a plane to catch, but what we saw, we liked. We took one of the tours offered of the facility and got to see the last, fully refurbished, Saturn 5 rocket that took men to the moon. We also saw the astronaut training facility which had a fully functioning replica of the space shuttle. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see any astronauts in training because it was their day off. The Johnson Center also had a variety of exhibits covering the history of man in space, the moon landing and the future of manned space flight. They also had a few presentations covering the space station and details about future trips back to the Moon and eventually to Mars. Finally, Johnson’s had a tribute to George Lucas covering his movies and how they inspired NASA and in turn inspired Lucas. The gem of the collection was the original R2D2 & C3PO on display.

Overall, we really enjoyed the Johnson Space Center and will more than likely visit it again, if we go back to Houston, but we will plan more time to enjoy the place properly.

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