Design, development and testing spacecraft.
Selecting and training astronauts
Planning and conducting space flight missions
Mission control
The Manned Spacecraft Center opened in 1963. Gemini IV was the first flight to be controlled from Houston.
Begin at Space Center Plaza. Go to the Mission Status Center. Get the Feel of Space and see the Living in Space show. Go to the Starship Gallery. There is an Astronaut Gallery outside the Space Center Theater.
Be sure to take the NASA tram tour.


