When it opened in 1983, the 64-story Williams Tower in the Galleria area quickly became an iconic Houston landmark.
Dozens of high rise apartment buildings and condos have sprung up around Houston in recent years, providing a new vantage point for residents to watch sunsets as well as moonrises.
The state of Texas has played an integral role in the U.S. space program. In addition to the home of NASA’s Johnson Space Center, a number of astronauts hail originally from the Lone Star state and many Texas colleges, universities, research institutions and companies have contributed to the space program over the past decades.
