Take TIME.com's Exclusive Virtual Tour of the Johnson Space Center
Photographed and Produced Exclusively for TIME.com by P.F. Bentley
You will see in order:
- NASA's old Mission Control Center which directed the race to the moon
- NASA's new Mission Control Center, NASA's principal design, development and testing center
- The International Space Station Module, a model of the structure being built miles above the earth by the United States and Russia
- The Anechoic Chamber where NASA simulates space radio transmissions
- The Space Shuttle Flight Deck Simulator, where John Glenn trained for
his mission
To take full advantage of the tour, it is best viewed
using QuickTime 3.
To get the plug-in, click here.
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