NASA Tour

When my parents came to visit for Labor Day weekend, we took them to NASA. It was a great experience! Jason and I had not been there before, either. We were pleasantly suprised! Some of our friends had told us .... well let's just say they did not exactly give a recommendation for visiting Space Center Houston (which includes a tour of NASA).

But, we found the place really interesting, and the tour of NASA was awesome...especially seeing the HUGE....HUGE rocket they have on campus. We also saw the historic command central room where the message was first recieved that "The Eagle has landed" ...on the moon. Witin that command central room, the work stations were set up with round holes for sending and receiving messages ... Instead of email, they conveyed information to one another quickly by using a system similar to the tubes and round plastic cases banks use to carry your check or deposit slip from the drive thru to the teller. That was a cool fact we learned, and reminded us how much technology has advanced in just 50 years.

We also toured the astronaut training center, and a model of the international space station. The experience took most of the day, and was EXCELLENT! I hope to go there again sometime! Maybe when family or friends come to visit we'll take them there.

Astronauts store everything they need in these cubes and drawers. (see below)

NASA Astronaut training area (next two photos below)

Getting on the tram to go tour the NASA Campus

Saturn V - huge rocket...super COOL!

Me and Mom in front of NASA's rocket, Saturn V