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The NRG Astrodome, [6] formerly and also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, ... There was a full field hospital inside the Reliant Arena, ...
The Gossamer Albatross II at the Museum of Flight in Seattle. MacCready's team built two Albatrosses; the back-up plane was jointly tested as part of the NASA Langley/Dryden flight research program in 1980 and was also flown inside the Houston Astrodome, the first ever controlled indoor flight by a human-powered aircraft.
The Astrodome (and NRG Park in general) gained nationwide attention in September 2005 when it was opened as a massive shelter for refugees fleeing Hurricane Katrina. [4] Each building except for NRG Stadium (which was configured for the Houston Texans ) hosted several thousand refugees, and local media dubbed the complex "Reliant City". [ 5 ]
Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," the Reliant Astrodome continues to sit abandoned, a ghost of its former self -- once host to 50,000-plus crowds for baseball, football, basketball and even ...
HOUSTON (AP) - A glimmer of hope surfaced this week in the effort to keep the Houston Astrodome from being torn down with the addition of the building, the world's first multipurpose domed stadium ...
Demolition began on parts of the Houston Astrodome this week, and though its fate has not officially been decided, the rest of the structure could be razed. Voters rejected a referendum in ...
The largest entrance to the park is inside what was once Houston's Union Station, and the left-field side of the stadium features a railway as homage to the site's history. The train moves along an 800-foot (240 m) length of track on top of the length of the exterior wall beyond left field when the Astros take the field during the first inning ...
Click here for more news on AOL.com HOUSTON (AP) - When voters in Houston head to the polls Tuesday, they could be deciding whether the shuttered Astrodome is saved or razed. A referendum on ...