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Six Flags AstroWorld, also known simply as AstroWorld, was a seasonally operated amusement park in Houston, Texas.Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park was situated between Kirby Drive and Fannin Street, directly south of I-610.
On November 20, 2007, Blum signed a $1.1 million, one-year contract with the Houston Astros. The deal also included a club option for 2009. [11] Blum returned to the Astros in 2009 and played mostly 3B for Houston. He hit 10 home runs that season, drove in 49 runs and was known for playing excellent defense at all the infield positions.
Bloomfield also piloted STS-97 in 2000 and commanded STS-110 in 2002, both missions to the International Space Station. Bloomfield has served as Deputy Director of Flight Crew Operations at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas since 2006, before resigning from NASA in July 2007.
A now-closed McDonald's in Houston was space-themed to pay homage to the nearby NASA space center. ... the interior of the spaceship contains a space-themed play area. ... flowers bloom on the lawns.
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Giant Skyrocket was a wooden roller coaster relocated to Playland Park and opened in September 1941. [6] Originally opened in 1924 at Houston’s former Luna Park, it was billed as the “largest roller coaster in the country" with a reported length of 6,600 feet (2,000 m), a height of 110 feet (34 m), and a drop of 90 feet (27 m). [7]
The land that Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown now occupies was, in the early 1980s, home to a theme park known as Hanna-Barbera Land. [2] Hanna-Barbera Land only operated for two seasons before its owners, Kings Entertainment Company, sold the park to private investors.
On November 5, 2013, voters in Houston turned down a $213 million referendum to renovate and convert the Astrodome into a state-of-the-art convention center and exhibition space known as "New Dome Experience". [42] Until a final disposition is made, Harris County commissioners will not approve demolition of the dome. "The building's still there.