Space Center Houston
Photo: Jim Evans · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🎨 Museum · Houston
5 hours · $$ · Check website for reservations
- 🚗About 45 min driveFrom Sugar Land · Parking: Paid on-site lot (about $5–10)
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat · Good on cool days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
The visitor center for NASA's Johnson Space Center: walk inside the 747 carrying a real space shuttle replica, see a Saturn V rocket lying in a hangar, and take the tram into the NASA campus to see the real Mission Control and astronaut training facility. The 7-year-old's space dream starts here; the 2-year-old loves the tram itself and the climb-on kids' space play area.
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