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Detailed explanation-1: -Located in Clear Lake, Texas, just outside Houston, the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is the seat of human spaceflight operations for the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Detailed explanation-2: -About Houston The Johnson Space Center (JSC) is located in the Clear Lake area, about 25 miles south/southeast of downtown Houston, via Interstate 45 South, NASA Road 1 exit.

Detailed explanation-3: -Space Center Houston, the official visitor center of the Johnson Space Center, shares the thrill and wonder of space exploration.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Johnson Center’s $1.5 billion complex occupies 1, 620 acres southeast of downtown Houston, in the Clear Lake area. JSC is the home of mission control and astronaut training.

Detailed explanation-5: -NASA consists of its Headquarters in Washington, D.C., and 10 field centers. Each center’s Exhibit Program has been assigned a geographic region of responsibility.

Detailed explanation-6: -Houston received its official nickname of “Space City” in 1967 because it is home to NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center. NASA’s center in Houston has its origins in the Space Task Group which directed its first crewed spaceflight program, Project Mercury.