Introduction to Space Center Houston: Space Center Houston is the most tourist attraction in the Houston area. The Houston Space Center is a tourist service facility designed for tourists. It contains many precious physical exhibits, such as return capsules, moon rocks, etc., as well as introductions to the moon landing, high-tech demonstrations, etc. Here visitors can touch the rocks collected from the moon, watch movies about astronauts, moon landings and interstellar travel (the three movies total 95 minutes), and watch the rockets that landed on the moon.
How to get there: There are buses 244, 246, and 247 from the city center to the space center. The fare is 3-3.5 US dollars and takes about 80 minutes.
Opening hours: 10 am to 5 pm every day, until 6 pm on weekends.
Tickets: General $18.95, 4-11 years old $14.95, seniors (65 years and over) $17.95. Parking fee is $5.00. There is a $2.00 coupon on the space center website that you can print out.