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2021 Black Friday deals at Space Center Houston 2022 Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals Launch into 2022 with our Space City Specials! Give the gift of adventure this holiday season. 15% off new memberships and gift memberships (online only) Space Center Houston memberships enable everyone to be part of the NASA mission and explore more than 400 exhibits and activities free for 12 months. With a membership, you will enjoy early and express entry, and access to member-only exhibit openings and special events. Your VIP membership experience also includes free parking, discounts and first access on education programs like Explorer Camps, invitations to events like Home School Days and Sensory Friendly Events, as well as Monthly Member Mornings when members explore the center (and enjoy eve...

Solving Space – NASA’s Space Launch System & Orion This fall, we are exploring how space inspires progress. Solve space today by unscrambling this image of NASA’s mighty Space Launch System (SLS). This powerful rocket will launch astronauts to the Moon for the Artemis lunar missions, paving the way for future deep space exploration. Next year, the uncrewed Artemis I mission will prove to be the ultimate test for NASA’s SLS and Orion spacecraft. Learn more about each of these modern marvels below. The SLS: NASA’s mightiest rocket With the Artemis generation comes a new, more powerful lunar rocket, the SLS. It’s NASA’s exploration class rocket, and it’s built to launch Artemis astronauts to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. It can lift heavier payloads and was desi...

New Artifact: Gene Kranz’s Mug Travel though space history in our Starship Gallery timeline and see a new artifact – Gene Kranz’s Mug. Flight controllers gave this custom mug to Flight Director Gene Kanz after a flu outbreak among his Mission Control team in the mid-1960’s. They jokingly called him “Flu FD,” short for “flu flight director.” This personal item was on Kraz’s Mission Control console during the Apollo 11 & 13 missions. It’s currently on loan to the center from Catherine Colella in honor of Frances “Poppy” Northcutt, who was the first female engineer to work in Mission Control. Kranz’s legacy Gene Kranz is as legendary a figure at NASA Johnson Space Center as anyone, which is noteworthy since he never flew into space. His cool, decisive leadership kept his Mission Control ...