HOUSTON – Space Center Houston unveiled a new vision and brand identity during a press conference Tuesday.
According to a news release, Space Center Houston presented a “future vision to support the future of space exploration, our new brand identity and celebrate our 30-year legacy of bringing people and space closer together.”
The center is advancing what they call a Facilities Master Plan to support the growing need for space exploration learning and astronaut training. The center offered a glimpse of the facility that will include two enclosed simulated cosmic terrains of the Moon and Mars, as well as modular surface labs and STEM learning centers.
The center also plans to transform a 100-acre site including a Lunar Mars immersive experience.
For 30 years, Space Center Houston has chronicled the journey of human spaceflight while empowering and inspiring people to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
“Space is expanding once again and a new space age is upon us,” said William T. Harris, President and CEO of Space Center Houston, in a news release. “With new ambitions, new players and new challenges, we will shift our focus from being a curator of past achievements to also facilitating new feats in space.”
Since opening its doors on Oct. 16, 1992, Space Center Houston, the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center, has welcomed more than 24 million guests.