Space Center Houston - Independence Plaza

The official visitors center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Space Center Houston is the only place on earth where guests take an out-of-this-world journey through human adventures in space with a multitude of permanent exhibits, attractions and theaters. Independence Plaza is a new exhibit that includes a life-size replica of the Shuttle Independence, as well as the Boeing 747 jumbo jet that would ferry it back to Johnson Space Center after landing from space. The exhibit includes interactive displays and a history of the space shuttle program, which ran from 1981 to 2011. Visitors can enter the full shuttle replica mounted on top of the original shuttle carrier aircraft, a modified Boeing 747. Inside the exhibit it shows astronaut living quarters, the flight deck of the shuttle and NASA artifacts.

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