THE NEW DISCOUNT TIRE NASA TRAM TOUR SLATED TO DEBUT IN FALL OF 2011

Space Center Houston, in partnership with Discount Tire Company and NASA, is reinventing the classic behind-the-scenes tour of Johnson Space Center.

HOUSTON - To keep pace with the rapid evolution of new and ongoing programs at NASA, the New Discount Tire NASA Tram Tour will highlight astronaut training for the International Space Station, development of deep space manned missions and advances in space robotic technologies.   Exciting new exploration vehicles will be brought out of NASA labs and to the forefront of regular tour routes.   “Visitors will witness the leading edge of NASA technology.  The next time they see this equipment it will be on the surface of another planet or possibly an asteroid!” said Jack Moore, Public Relations at Space Center Houston. “We want our guest to feel like they are part of history in the making.”  Guests on the New Discount Tire NASA Tram Tour will see engineers, scientists, and astronauts shaping the future of exploration on a daily basis.  

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Houston, Texas is Space City, USA and Space Center Houston is America’s gateway to the universe!

(HOUSTON)  As the Official Visitor Center for NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Space Center Houston is the only place on Earth that gives guests an out-of-this-world journey through human adventures in space.  Since 1992, this $75 million, 180,000 square foot, ‘edu-tainment’ complex has entertained and informed over 15 million star-struck guests from every corner of the globe.

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