Space Center Houston
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Space Center Houston is a science museum that serves as the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. It was designated a Smithsonian Affiliate museum in 2014. The organi
Entrance to the Space Center Houston
The Apollo 17 command module America is on exhibit at the Space Center
The Space Shuttle replica Independence sits atop the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905, one of the two Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, with the Johnson Space Center and Rocket Park in the background
Falcon 9 booster B1035 on display.
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
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The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One is a 747-100 model, while the other is a short-range 747-100SR. B
Space Center Houston
…Visitor Complex, but was moved to make way for a new permanent attraction hall for Space Shuttle Atlantis. Independence is now displayed atop the retired Shuttle Carrier Aircraft, NASA 905. On August 14, 2014, a heavy lift called The Rise of Independence was completed to place Independence on top of NASA 905. The plane was…
NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft 905 (front) and 911 (back) flying in formation in 2011
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA, still in American Airlines livery, with Enterprise in 1978
Atlantis atop Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA after being repainted with NASA livery in 1998
Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N911NA, shortly after purchase, with newly built shuttle Endeavour in 1991.