{"id":244765,"date":"2026-04-11T06:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244765\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T06:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T06:11:17","slug":"service-dogs-from-new-mexico-tour-nasas-mission-control-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/244765\/","title":{"rendered":"Service dogs from New Mexico tour NASA’s mission control in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"

Service dogs from New Mexico tour NASA’s mission control in Houston<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJACQUELINE LEE, ABC NEWS, SAN DIEGO. AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN. SO ALL OF THESE SERVICE DOGS, THEY\u2019RE FROM NEW MEXICO, AND THEY RECENTLY HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE THEIR OWN VISIT TO HOUSTON AND GOT A BEHIND THE SCENES LOOK AT NASA\u2019S MISSION CONTROL. THE DOGS COME FROM THE ACADEMY OF CANINE EXCELLENCE, AND OFFICIALS TELL US THIS WAS NOT JUST A DEMONSTRATION. TAKING PART IN EXPERIENCES LIKE THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR DOGS WHO HAVE IMPORTANT JOBS, JUST LIKE THESE GUYS DO. THAT\u2019S BECAUSE IT HELPS THEM\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Service dogs from New Mexico tour NASA’s mission control in Houston<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 8:21 PM MDT Apr 10, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tService dogs from the Academy of Canine Excellence in New Mexico recently visited NASA’s mission control in Houston for a behind-the-scenes experience. Officials said the visit was not just a demonstration. Taking part in an experience like this is important for dogs to have important jobs just like people at NASA do. They explained that such activities help service dogs feel comfortable in high-stimulation environments that demand their focus.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Service dogs from the Academy of Canine Excellence in New Mexico recently visited NASA’s mission control in Houston for a behind-the-scenes experience. <\/p>\n

Officials said the visit was not just a demonstration. Taking part in an experience like this is important for dogs to have important jobs just like people at NASA do. <\/p>\n

They explained that such activities help service dogs feel comfortable in high-stimulation environments that demand their focus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Service dogs from New Mexico tour NASA’s mission control in Houston JACQUELINE LEE, ABC NEWS, SAN DIEGO. AND…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[40595,90196,93435,93436,6908,93439,56,58,57,93437,42976,78871,1911,93434,2832,12520,39447,391,39181,92957,93438,21343],"class_list":{"0":"post-244765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-academy","9":"tag-artemis-2","10":"tag-behind-the-scene-experience","11":"tag-canine-excellence","12":"tag-demonstration","13":"tag-high-stimulation-environment","14":"tag-houston","15":"tag-houston-headlines","16":"tag-houston-news","17":"tag-important-job","18":"tag-koat","19":"tag-mission-control","20":"tag-nasa","21":"tag-new-mexico-tour-nasa","22":"tag-nm","23":"tag-official","24":"tag-part","25":"tag-people","26":"tag-service-dog","27":"tag-service-dogs","28":"tag-such-activity","29":"tag-visit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}