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SpaceX Falcon 9 lands at Space Center Houston

I visited Space Center Houston, the official visitor center to NASA Johnson Space Center, earlier this year and saw the empty exhibit awaiting the arrival of spaceflight-proven Falcon 9 rocket.

The Level 9 tour (I’ll share photos from the awesome VIP tour soon) took up the only day I had in town so I already need to go back to explore the museum. Now I have another excuse to make the trip.

Here’s what the empty exhibit looked like last month:

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The view with the historic NASA 905 shuttle carrier aircraft and the shuttle replica Independence nearby will be stunning, and that’s just what you see in the parking lot.

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Today the SpaceX launcher landed at its new destination:

Another shot shared by Space Center Houston:

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And this collection of views:

Imagine seeing that massive rocket on the road in transit!

Space Center Houston has a video rendering of how the final exhibit will look when it’s complete:

Johnson Space Center in Houston is home to control center for the International Space Station, and SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule have been crucial in sending supplies to astronauts for the last several years.

UPDATE 3/10/20:

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