the Lyndon B Johnson Space Center
/ðə ˌlɪndən biː ˌdʒɒnsn ˈspeɪs sentə(r)/
/ðə ˌlɪndən biː ˌdʒɑːnsn ˈspeɪs sentər/
(abbreviation JSC)
- a US space centre at Clear Lake, Texas, near Houston. NASA has its Mission Control there for space flights with people on them. It was established in 1961 as the Manned Spacecraft Center, but the name was later changed to honour President Lyndon B Johnson, who was from Texas. It is also known as the Johnson Space Center, or JSC.
Lyndon B Johnson航天中心:位于德克萨斯州休斯顿附近的Clear Lake的美国航天中心。美国国家航空航天局(NASA)设有任务控制系统,可用于载人的太空飞行。它成立于1961年,当时是载人航天器中心,但后来改名以纪念得克萨斯州的林登·约翰逊总统。它也被称为约翰逊太空中心或JSC。