September 19, 2021

Today in 1961, NASA announced that location of the new ‘Manned Spacecraft Center’ would be in Houston, Texas. This was the conclusion of an intensive nationwide study by a site selection team. The Manned Spacecraft Center would be the command center for the Apollo lunar-landing missions and all future human spaceflight missions.

Aerial view of the Manned Spacecraft Center during the June 6-7, 1964, Open House. Credit: NASA