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  • Insider Exclusive: Space Center Houston inspiring new generation of explorers

    Jason RhianFebruary 26th, 2017

    HOUSTON — With smartphones, the internet, and an array of ever-sophisticated electronic toys, it is becoming increasingly more difficult to hold the attention of the public. Space Center Houston is working to counter these distracting influences with an array of exhibits and interactive activities as well as a fleet of vehicles that helped make space travel a reality.

  • ASF marks 35-year anniversary since flights of STS-1 & STS-2

    Jason RhianSeptember 18th, 2016

    HOUSTON, Texas — It has been three-and-a-half decades since the Space Shuttle Columbia carried out her first and second flights – heralding the start of the Shuttle era. The ASF held a three-day event, starting on Thursday, Sept. 15, to mark the occasion.