For more than 60 years, NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston has led the nation and the world on a continuing adventure of human exploration, discovery and achievement. The center has played a vital role in powering the country into the 21st century through technological innovations and scientific discoveries.
The dedicated professionals who work at JSC have made advances in science, technology, engineering and medicine that enable us to explore the world and universe as never before, and to derive unparalleled benefits from that exploration.
The Johnson Space Center was established in 1961 as the Manned Spacecraft Center, the home and Mission Control Center for the U.S. human space flight program. In 1973, it was renamed in honor of the late President, and Texas native, Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Johnson Center’s $1.5 billion complex occupies 1,620 acres southeast of downtown Houston, in the Clear Lake area.