Houston, We've had a problem!

We went to the Johnson Space Center when we were in Houston last week before heading off on our cruise.  It was so awesome!

Here is the Independence Shuttle replica that will be open at the end of January.  We were just a few weeks too early to see in it!

We went on a couple of tours including the Vehicle Mock-Up Facility where we saw different mock-ups of parts for the International Space Station.

This is the Canada Arm 2 for the Space Station.

This is a robot for space.  They have a robot with no legs that is so precise that it can turn a page of a book without ripping it.  These are the legs they are developing for that robot.

We stopped at Rocket Park.  There are a bunch of rockets and rocket engines to look at outside but the real deal is inside the building!

Sitting in an engine, no biggie!

This is the Saturn V rocket.  The building was made to house the rocket, leaving inches at the end of the nose.

Daniel's told the kids he went on a rocket to space to take a picture.  They were pretty excited until they found out it was a picture of a picture.

It was too tricky to get it all in one picture but this gives you a small idea of how big it was.

Sometimes I don't want to be in a picture so I make pretty faces.

Our second tram tour was to Mission Control.  It was neat hearing about it.

Orion Spacecraft.

Space toilet.  Benson thought this was pretty cool when he saw this picture.

Daniel's long time dream of piloting a spacecraft.

It was a pretty busy day but it was amazing to see all of it.  We had a great time checking it all out.