Boeing-McDonnell Douglas Tower II (Houston, Texas)

USA / Texas / Pasadena / Houston, Texas
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Coordinates:   29°36'20"N   95°8'36"W

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  • Boeing Tower II was originally built by McDonnell Douglas (and known as McDonnell Douglas Tower II) after McDonnell Douglas won the contract to Work Package of the space station. The buildings now housing the Sonny Carter Training Facility were originally the Light Manufacturing Facility that would have done the final assembly on the external truss modules of the space station. After NASA changed the space station contracts and awarded the entire integration work to Boeing, the buildings became government surplus property, NASA decided to use the empty buildings to house the new water tank, which became known as the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. McDonnell Douglas merged with Boeing in 1997 and the name of the building changed to match the name of the newly reorganized Boeing Company. Today (2008) it still houses hundreds of Boeing personnel who support the ongoing development and operations of the International Space Station.
  • (Rats, I can't just edit my former comment.) When this building was first built, this was the end of the northern end of Space Center Blvd. You can see how much the neighborhood has grown with the extension of the road!
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