Editing Johnson Space Center (section)

===Apollo program===
In addition to housing NASA's astronaut operations, JSC is also the site of the former [[Lunar Receiving Laboratory]], where the first astronauts returning from the Moon were [[quarantine]]d, and where the majority of [[lunar sample]]s are stored. The center's Landing and Recovery Division operated [[MV Retriever|MV ''Retriever'']] in the Gulf of Mexico for Gemini and Apollo astronauts to practice water egress after [[Splashdown (spacecraft landing)|splashdown]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

On February 19, 1973, four weeks after Johnson's death, President [[Richard Nixon]] signed into law a Senate resolution renaming the Manned Spacecraft Center in his honor. As&nbsp;[[Party leaders of the United States Senate|Senate Majority Leader]], Johnson had sponsored the [[National Aeronautics and Space Act|1958 legislation which created NASA]];{{sfnp|Nixon|1973}}{{sfnp|New York Times|1973}} dedication ceremonies were held six months later on August 27.<!--{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}--><ref name=scdehel>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wCNIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LYEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2820%2C4503091 |work=Victoria Advocate |location=(Texas) |agency=Associated Press |title=Space center dedication held |date=August 28, 1973 |page=1A}}</ref>

One of the artifacts displayed at Johnson Space Center is the [[Saturn V]] rocket. It is whole, except for the ring between the [[S-IC]] and S-II stages, and the fairing between the S-II and [[S-IVB]] stages, and made of actual surplus flight-ready articles. It also has real (though incomplete) [[Apollo (spacecraft)|Apollo]] command and service modules, intended to fly in the [[canceled Apollo missions|canceled Apollo 19 mission]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

In June 2019, the restored Apollo Mission Control Center was opened for tourists.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/science/apollo-11-mission-control-nasa.html|title=NASA Reopens Apollo Mission Control Room That Once Landed Men on Moon|last=Brown|first=David W.|date=2019-06-29|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-07-01|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>