I visited the Johnson Space Center in July to particpate in their Space Center U program, and it was a blast to be a part of!
Johnson Space Center
In the Astronaut Training Facility, where there is a life-size mockup of the International Space Station
Space Center Houston Museum
A outer shell model of the Orion space capsule
Space Center Houston Museum
The Independence Space Shuttle on the back of the Boeing 747-100 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft N905NA
Space Center Houston Museum
The first Falcon 9 rocket that SpaceX ever launched. You could still see the burn marks!
Space Center Houston Museum
And the rocket engines closeup!
One of Rice University's Libraries
Rice University Stadium
This is where JFK said "We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon... We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
Rice University Campus
Hurricane Beryl had a field day.
We left the Moon almost 50 years ago, and we never made it to deep space, "beyond the dark side of the Moon". This place is where the future of humanity lies, and where we will first learn to touch the stars.
Artemis and the human Mars missions, we're coming!