Cobb Space Center

## Maps

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* CSC on US map
* Houston on world map

The **Molly Cobb Space Center**, also just **Cobb Space Center** (CSC), formerly **Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center**, mostly referred to as **Johnson Space Center** or just **JSC**, initially named **Manned Spacecraft Center** (MSC), is NASA's center for human spaceflight.

The center is located in the Clear Lake areaW of Houston and consists of dozens of buildings. This is where astronauts are trained and prepared for spaceflight. It hosts several training, engineering and research facilities and laboratories, as well as administration offices, press briefing rooms, and many more space related facilities. It also houses NASA's Mission Control Center, which provides flight control function for all NASA spaceflights.

## History

The space center was constructed from 1962 to 1963 and officially opened in September 1963.

### Naming

* Originally, the center's name was *"Manned Spacecraft Center"* (MSC).
* In the early 70s, it was renamed to *"Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center"* (JSC) in honor of former US president Lyndon B. JohnsonW.
* End of 1995, it was renamed to *"Molly Cobb Space Center"* (CSC), in honor of former astronaut and first American woman on the Moon, Molly Cobb, for her heroic actions and sacrifice after the terrorist attack against the center.

### Terrorist Attack

*Main article: Bombing of Johnson Space Center*
Late 1995, a group of conspirators around ex-Moon marine Charles Bernitz carried out a terrorist attack against the space center, leading to the death of hundreds, including Karen Baldwin and Molly Cobb, and destroying the majority of the main office building.

## Gallery

### Manned Spacecraft Center

Old name "Manned Spacecraft Center", 1969Sign "Manned Spacecraft Center" 1969The Space Center 1969Manned Spacecraft Center 1969
### Johnson Space Center

Name plate 1974+Johnson Space Center in the 80iesEntrance to the Johnson Space Center 1992
### Cobb Space Center

1995: Molly Cobb Space Center articleName plate 1995+Aerial view 2003JSC memorial:
Non Est Ad Astra Mollise Terris ViaJSC Memorial: Close-up with Margo's name vandalized
### Lobby

MSC lobby 1969:
President Richard Nixon
MSC Director Wernher von Braun
Administrator Thomas PaineJSC lobby 1983:
President Ronald Reagan
General Nelson Bradford
Director Margo Madison
Administrator Thomas PaineJSC lobby late 1983:
President Ronald Reagan
General Nelson Bradford
Director Margo Madison
Administrator Ellen WilsonJSC lobby 1994:
President Ellen Wilson
Director Margo MadisonCSC 2003:
President Al Gore
Administrator Eli Hobson
### Mission Control Center

Mission Control in 1969Mission Control in 1969Mission Control in 1983Mission Control in 1992Mission Control in 2003
## Notes

1. ↑ The first time the center is called *Johnson Space Center* in the show is at the beginning of episode 1x06, which is end of August 1974, after a timejump from October 1971 from the episode before. In reality, it was renamed on February 19, 1973, so there is a possibility that this happened at the same time in both timelines.

## See also

* NASA
* Mission Control
* Bombing of Johnson Space Center

* Other NASA facilites:
	+ Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
	+ Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC)
	+ Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
	+ Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
	+ NASA Flight Research Center (Edwards AFB) (FRC)
	+ McMurdo Station (NASA annex)
	+ Carl Sagan Center for Planetary Science
* USAF facilities:
	+ Cape Kennedy
	+ Edwards Air Force Base
	+ Ellington Air Force Base
	+ US Air Force Plant 42
	+ Vandenberg Air Force Base

## External links

* Johnson Space Center on Wikipedia
* Official website

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *For All Mankind* TV Series - Season 3, Episode 10: "Stranger in a Strange Land"