{"id":2771,"date":"2022-02-23T20:51:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.millers.ca\/4amigos2021\/uncategorized\/johnson-space-center\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T20:57:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:57:36","slug":"johnson-space-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.millers.ca\/4amigos2021\/uncategorized\/johnson-space-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson Space Center"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Johnson Space Center is a must-see, massive facility located in Houston, TX where NASA is actively working on research and development of space exploration technology, trains astronauts, quarantines\/provides a recovery facility for astronauts after space flight, and has a building dedicated as a vault for holding extra-terrestrial material returned from space missions.<\/p>\n

Here are some of the highlights from my visit to Johnson Space Center.<\/p>\n

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Astronaut training equipment<\/div>\n
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Robot development for assisting astronauts in space.<\/div>\n
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Research and development section<\/div>\n
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Saturn V booster engines<\/div>\n
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Saturn V booster<\/div>\n
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Saturn V Apollo Capsule and Lunar Module<\/div>\n
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Challenger Space Shuttle mounted on Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft<\/div>\n
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Inside Challenger, showing Canadarm<\/div>\n
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Challenger control panels<\/div>\n
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DeLorean from Back to the Future<\/div>\n
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I was able to touch a Mars rock that was recovered from a Mars meteorite. I also touched a lunar rock that was returned from the Apollo 17 moon mission in 1972.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Johnson Space Center is a must-see, massive facility located in Houston, TX where NASA…<\/p>\n

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