Apollo Mission Control Center
United States historic place in Houston, Texas. Added to the National Register in 1985, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
NASA's Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center, also known by its radio callsign, Houston, is the facility at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, that manages flight control for the United States human space program, currently involving astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the Artemis missions to the moon. The center is in Building 30 at the Johnson Space Center and is named after Christopher C. Kraft Jr., a NASA engineer and manager who was instrumental in establishing the agency's Mission Control operation, and was the first Flight Director.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | Lyndon B. Johnson Space Flight Center, Houston, TX |
| County | Harris County |
| Listed | Oct 3, 1985 |
| Listed for | Community planning, Engineering |
| Level of significance | National |
| Also known as | Mission Control Center |
| Reference number | 85002815 |
| Type of place | mission control center, building |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 building |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Lyndon B. Johnson Space Flight Center, Houston, TX |
| Coordinates | 29.5583° N, 95.0887° W · Directions ↗ |
| Also in Houston | 297 listed places in Houston → · walking tours → |
| Nearest national park unit | Big Thicket National Preserve · 75 miles · on Park Atlas |
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Questions people ask
When was Apollo Mission Control Center listed on the National Register?
Oct 3, 1985. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
Where is Apollo Mission Control Center?
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Flight Center, Houston, Harris County, Texas. The nearest national park unit is Big Thicket National Preserve, 75 miles away.
Source: Big Thicket National Preserve
Where is the nomination form for Apollo Mission Control Center?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there cell service at Apollo Mission Control Center?
FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
Sources
Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 85002815. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.