Kenneth E. Harker
1999
Space
Center
Houston
In March, 1999, while attending the
IEEE Virtual
Reality '99 conference in Houston, Texas, the entire conference went
on a planned outing to
Space Center Houston, the official
visitor's center of NASA's Johnson Space Center.
These photos were taken on 16 March 1999.
These photos are copyright (c) 1999-2003 Kenneth E. Harker.
All rights reserved.
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This was an interactive exhibit, where the objective was to "fly"
the chair to the hanging console using jets of air, perform the
tasks, and return to the platform without running out of "fuel."
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A shot of the Hab Lab exhibit from some platform or other. Notice the
astronaut made out of Legos in the foreground.
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One of the historic exhibits showing a moon landing.
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One of the actual Mercury capsules. Notice the very deep scarring from
the friction of re-entry.
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Another view of the Mercury capsule.
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Last Updated 1 August 2018
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