Johnson Space Center

Apollo Space Capsule used to test the float system and fire suppression systems.

 There was a Galileo display there too.

 Galileo "tank"

 Space Shuttle main engine.

 Shuttle trainer cockpit mock up

 Shuttle trainer manipulator arm and cargo bay controls

 Shuttle used in the original Star Trek series.

 Testing what damage from space debris can do.

 Hole from a piece of debris that hit the space station.

 Cover that was on the space station covering a hatch for a future addition.  Flew for two years until the expansion arrived.

 Robo-astronaut built for assisting astronauts.  Now in second generation and serving on the ISS.

Saturn 5 building

1965-1992 mission control room.  Restored to 1965 conditions.

Mock up building for training astronauts on the ISS, Mars mission, asteroid mission, zero gravity, and docking practice.

ISS modules. Also used for problem solving on the ground to help astronauts make repairs.

Shuttle trainer.  Can be rotated 90 degrees to launch position.

Soyuz capsule trainer.

"Zero gravity"training deck.  Uses compressed air to make an object "float"to practice moving and working in zero gravity.

Mars mission capsules.  Look like Apollo capsules!

This is used for docking simulations

Robotic explorers

2nd generation robo-astronaut. Fingers can turn pages in a book, with out ripping them, or work a smart phone/send texts.  Should be deployed on the mission to Mars.  Currently testing on the ISS. Can do basic repairs and is used to do inventories.

Mars and asteroid rover.

ISS manipulator arm.

Oak tree grove.  Each tree is planted to memorialize an astronaut.

Saturn 5 rocket engines.

2nd stage engines.

3rd stage engine

This is where the lander would ride.