17th Annual Texas Thunder FFW Nationals - Go For Launch

The FFW Astronauts Cinch Their Belts For One Heck Of A Ride In Texas.Wanting a more central location from which to run its space missions, in 1961 the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) moved Mission Control from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, to the newly constructed Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. While launch operations are still handled at the Florida location, as soon as any of the Gemini, Apollo, or Space Shuttle launches clear the tower, control of the mission is handed over to Houston until the flight is completed.


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