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Space Center Houston
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Space Center Houston is located in Houston, Texas, USA, and is the official visitor center of NASA's Johnson Space Center. From the Apollo moon landings to the Space Shuttle era, most American crewed spacecraft launched from Florida, while flight control after liftoff came primarily from the adjacent Johnson Space Center: after the Apollo 11 lunar module landed on the Moon in 1969, the phrase transmitted back to the ground, "Houston, Tranquility Base here," was calling precisely the control team here; the film Apollo 13 made "Houston, we have a problem" a popular catchphrase, and its prototype was also a real space emergency handled by the Houston ground team. Most of the highlights in the museum are real objects that have "been to space": Starship Gallery displays the Apollo 17 command module that carried out a lunar landing mission, the return capsules from the Mercury and Gemini programs, the training module astronauts used to prepare for the Skylab space station, and a moon rock you can touch with your own hands—only a handful of moon rocks worldwide are available for the public to touch; the spacesuit exhibition area brings together a large number of actual flight suits and extravehicular suits that were worn, including the lunar suit Pete Conrad wore while walking on the moon during Apollo 12. Outdoors, Independence Plaza stacks the real Boeing 747 shuttle carrier aircraft and the space shuttle replica Independence one above the other, and visitors can go inside both; beside it lies a Falcon 9 rocket booster that flew a cargo mission to the International Space Station. The signature experience is the NASA tram tour, with multiple routes leading to different areas of Johnson Space Center: you can overlook full-scale spacecraft and space station mockups from the elevated walkway at the astronaut training facility, visit the historic mission control room restored to its Apollo-era appearance where the moon landing was commanded, and get a close look at the Saturn V giant rocket—over 100 m long and displayed horizontally—in Rocket Park; only a handful of complete Saturn V rockets survive worldwide. Allow most of a day for the visit; tram departure time slots are limited and spots on popular routes are tight, and queues are common at Independence Plaza during peak boarding hours, so it is best to make arrangements early after entering. The exhibit where you can touch a moon rock is inside Starship Gallery and is easy to miss inadvertently; meeting astronauts and hearing them recount their space experiences is a long-standing signature activity here, so keep an eye on the day's time slot schedule.Houston · 62.9km from Porter

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Space Center Houston: Entry Ticket
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Houston Museum of Natural Science General Admission
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Duration: 3 hrs
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Houston: NASA Space Center Ticket & Round-Trip Transport
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NASA Historic Mission Control Tram Tour + General Admission
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Galveston: Shadows of Revelry Adults Only Walking Tour
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Houston Hollow Heart Hauntings Ghost Tour
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Galveston Walking History Tour
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Private Sightseeing Cart Tour of Houston
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Private Houston Brewery Tour by Cart
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NASA Space Center Houston tour | Includes shared transfer & admission ticket
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Houston: City Tour and NASA Space Center Admission Ticket
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Houston: Guided City Tour by an Open-Top Double-Decker Bus
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Galveston Island Ghost Tour
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The Ghosts of Galveston Guided Walking Tour
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Galveston's Haunted Cemetery Walking Tour
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Galveston: Old City Cemetery Walking Tour with Local Guide
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Ghost On the Strand Ghost Tour
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Zoeeavril2 November 2026
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Loved every minute! So easy to book and just scanned the qr code on arrival and got straight it and was a LOT cheaper than the prices at the space center.

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Don't miss these attractions in Porter: Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center, Lake Houston Wilderness Park, and Big Rivers Waterpark & Adventures. If you like Culture & history, try Space Center Houston: Entry Ticket. If you enjoy Day tours, try Private Sightseeing Cart Tour of Houston.

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As of 5 November 2026, the reference price for day tours and activities in Porter is around CAD 75.52 – CAD 278.89. Rates vary by duration, group size, transport, tickets, meals, and any special admission requirements. Before you book, please confirm the billing currency and whether the price is quoted per person or per group.

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