shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileTexas

inside a long building at Johnson Space Center, south of Houston

NASA Johnson Space Center Saturn V

Name: NASA Johnson Space Center Saturn V — on ceramic tile, by WenderVista
Brand: WenderVista

— three hundred and sixty-three feet, lying on its side.

— Texas wall art on a ceramic tile, made to order

from $22

$58

6 × 6 in, glossy, hidden mount · all sizes, murals and mounts ↓

Finished by hand in Knoxville. Free US shipping over $75, on your wall in about ten days. Damaged in transit? Free replacement within 30 days; other returns within 30 days. Returns · Contact

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.

— Beside the kettle, propped on the counter.

— On the nightstand, catching the morning.

— shown in a slim black floating frame · 6 × 6 in

— bring it home

NASA Johnson Space Center Saturn V, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?

One tile — square or rectangle.

How big?

the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand

6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb

Surface finish

A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.

How it sits

A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.

$58

Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.

— size

6 × 6 in

15 cm

— weighs

1.6 lb

solid in the hand

— surface

ceramic, hand-finished

art rests beneath a thin glossy finish

— from

Knoxville, TN

our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies

— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— comes gift-ready

Each tile ships in a kraft box, tied with cream ribbon, with a handwritten note from the studio if you'd like to add one.

— or build a grouping

Three or five different vistas, hung together — a chapter of places you've been, or want to go.

— a note from the studio

“The Saturn V at Johnson Space Center rests on its side inside a long climate-controlled building, the five F-1 engines of the first stage facing the door. Built for the Apollo program and never flown, it is one of only three flight-built Saturn Vs left in the world. The hall is quiet and the rocket is bigger than people expect. Most visitors slow down at the engine bells without anyone telling them to. — from the studio

from the studio

— about NASA Johnson Space Center Saturn V

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.

— the place

The Saturn V at Johnson Space Center lies inside its own climate-controlled hall at the back of Rocket Park, on the grounds of NASA's Clear Lake campus south-east of Houston. The vehicle is reached through Space Center Houston, the official visitor centre, by the NASA Tram Tour. It is one of three flight-built Saturn Vs still in existence, alongside the vehicles at Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The hall has been the Saturn V's home since the early 2000s.

— informed by Wikipedia · Saturn V, Space Center Houston

— the stone

Three hundred and sixty-three feet long. Six and a half million pounds at full fuel load. The most powerful rocket ever flown to operational success. The first stage carries five Rocketdyne F-1 engines, each putting out one and a half million pounds of thrust at sea level. The vehicle at Johnson is a composite: the first stage is from SA-514, the second from SA-515, and the third from SA-513. SA-514 had been built for Apollo 18 or 19 before the late lunar missions were cancelled.

— informed by NASA · Saturn V fact sheet

— the visit

The Saturn V hall is included with admission to Space Center Houston, which runs around thirty dollars for adults and opens at ten in the morning. Reach the hall on the NASA Tram Tour, which leaves from inside Space Center Houston and stops at Rocket Park along with Mission Control. The building is climate-controlled and fully accessible. Most visitors give it an hour, longer if they read the panels at each stage. The vehicle was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1980.

— informed by Space Center Houston · plan a visit

— where

United States · Harris County, Texas

— within

Rocket Park

— elevation

9 m · 30 ft

— position

29.5519° N · 95.0907° W

— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.

1 km N

Space Center Houston

visitor center

1 km W

Mission Control Center

control center

4 km E

Clear Lake

city neighborhood

NASA Johnson Space Center Saturn V

Space Center Houston

Mission Control Center

Clear Lake

— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about NASA Johnson Space Center Saturn V — and about bringing the piece home.

— about the place

Inside its own climate-controlled hall at the back of Rocket Park, on the grounds of NASA Johnson Space Center in Clear Lake. Reach it by the NASA Tram Tour out of Space Center Houston.

Yes. It is one of only three flight-built Saturn Vs left in the world, with stages from SA-513, SA-514, and SA-515. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1980.

SA-514 had been built for Apollo 18 or 19. When the final lunar missions were cancelled in the early 1970s, the vehicle was retired to Houston for display rather than launched.

Three hundred and sixty-three feet long and about six and a half million pounds at full fuel load. The first stage carries five Rocketdyne F-1 engines, each rated at one and a half million pounds of thrust at sea level.

Two. One at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on the Space Coast. One at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near Marshall Space Flight Center, where the rocket was designed.

Plan a full day for Space Center Houston as a whole. The Saturn V hall itself takes an hour, longer if you walk the length of the rocket and read the panels at every stage.

— about the piece in your home

It's a meaningful gift for retirees from JSC, Marshall, or any contractor on the program. The Saturn V is the vehicle most associate with the moon landings. A Medium or a Large with a handwritten note from the studio carries well.

It sits well in mid-century modern rooms, in industrial-modern offices, and in masculine library or study spaces where a strong horizontal subject earns the wall.

Apollo subjects remain one of the most sustained aerospace collector categories. Place-specific work tied to a named vehicle compounds in value far more than generic galaxy or astronaut imagery.

Because the Saturn V composition is long and horizontal, a single Large is the right baseline. The four-tile Mural reads beautifully above a wider sofa, and the nine-tile Mural anchors an office or great room.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for any vertical install in a wet room. Both are scratch-resistant and read closer to a painting than to a tile.

A microfibre cloth and water. No abrasive sponges, no ammonia-based cleaners. The colour lives in the surface so the finish does not wear off with normal cleaning.

Yes. Every WenderVista piece is original to the studio in Knoxville, Tennessee. Nothing is licensed in or sub-contracted out. Reid Wender is the curator and the eye.

— if this one stayed with you