Houston

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Houston is the fourth-largest city by population in the United States, and the largest one in the state of Texas.

Houston was founded on August 30, 1836, by brothers Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen on land near the banks of Buffalo Bayou. The burgeoning port and railroad industry, combined with oil discovery in 1901, has induced continual surges in the city's population. In the mid-twentieth century, Houston became the home of the Texas Medical Center - the world's largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions - and NASA's Johnson Space Center, where the Mission Control Center is located.

Earth sciences

• The Johnson Space Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA)
• The Lunar and Planetary Institute

Interwiki links

Houston on following wikis:

• Wicri/Wicri.