NASA’s Johnson Space Center, Silicon Valley, the Grand Canyon and California’s coast.
The US West Coast pairs the frontier of space exploration — NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, where human spaceflight is commanded — with the innovation of Silicon Valley and Stanford, the wonder of the Grand Canyon and Yosemite, and the energy of Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
From San Francisco and Stanford University to Los Angeles’ Universal Studios, the engineering marvel of the Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon Skywalk and the lights of Las Vegas, this journey blends technology, media, natural wonder and hands-on science — anchored by NASA’s Johnson Space Center and its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.
Students meet astronaut science at Johnson Space Center and the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, engineering at the Hoover Dam, geology at the Grand Canyon and Yosemite, and innovation at the California Science Center and Stanford — connecting STEM, earth science and media to the real world.
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