After 328 continuous days in space, NASA astronaut Christina Koch returned home Feb. 6, 2020. This gives her the title of the longest single spaceflight by a female astronaut.
Space Center Houston’s Mission Mars exhibit received a new addition June 20. The Morpheus lander, which now hangs in the Mission Mars exhibit, was created in 2010 at the nearby Johnson Space Center in order to create a lander capable of a…
What happened in the beginning of time that gave way to the creation of atoms and influenced the history of mankind on planet earth? The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is being built to answer this question and much more.
More than 220 space enthusiasts heard Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham’s perspectives on the past, present and future of manned space flight in a public discussion on Jan. 5 at University of Houston-Clear Lake. The lecture kicked…
March 1, NASA astronaut Scott Kelly landed in the Kazakshstan desert, along with cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov, after spending 340 days in space as the commander of the International Space Station (ISS).
Independence Plaza, presented by Boeing, opened to the public Jan. 23 at Space Center Houston. Visitors now have the opportunity to view and explore what life aboard a NASA space shuttle was like while their feet are still planted firmly on…
The International Space Station is approximately 200 miles away from earth. It’s crew members sacrifice their families, friends and comforts of home for the advancement of humankind.