Space Center Houston

Doug’s Birthday Weekend Continued:

After a nap in the hotel, and playtime at Incredible Pizza Company,

we went to visit Space Center Houston, the visitor’s center for the Johnson Space Center.  Warning:  I took a lot of pictures.

Once we arrived, we went straight to the tram for the tour of the Johnson Space Center.  The boys were pretty excited to see where the astronauts work.

As we rode over, we saw this:

a giant warehouse with the picture of a rocket on the side.  The rocket takes up the WHOLE warehouse.  It’s huge.

Tanner loved this flag in the space center training facility.

He said it was the biggest American flag he’s ever seen.  And he notices every flag, American or Texan, anywhere we go.

I can’t remember what these things are, but I thought they looked cool.  :)

Back on the tram, headed to the next stop on our tour, the kids got a little restless, so we took pictures of their tattoos.  Aren’t they cute?

Next stop:  Rocket Park

This is inside the warehouse from earlier, and the pictures don’t do it justice.  This thing is enormous!!

The kids wanted to take pictures with every set of astronauts. 

 

I love this picture.  I love these boys.  :)

Okay, so the tour ended.  We went back to Space Center Houston, and the kids had a BLAST. 

Timmy on the bed of nails.  He was a little scared.

But not Doug!  He’s not scared.  Check him out!

This exhibit was about the risks that we all take in life, and the risks that people in certain professions take.  It was eye-opening. 

In the food court area, they have these emblems from every mission all along one wall.  Here’s the emblem for the Challenger expedition that exploded.  Do you remember when you first heard about that?

Bye Astronauts!  We’ve had fun!