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Space Center Houston, Houston, TX

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Space Center Houston

Space Center Houston is an attraction in Houston, TX, part of the Houston & Galveston guide. Cost: $25 to $50.

1601 E NASA Pkwy · Houston, TX

Why you should go…

Space Center Houston puts visitors inside the historic Apollo-era Mission Control Room and next to an actual Saturn V rocket. Tram tours run out to the working NASA campus next door, where astronauts still train today.

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What's around here?

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