The Houston skyline, a cowboy hat and an astronaut playing soccer are just some of the visual elements featured in the city's official 2026 FIFA World Cup poster, which was released Wednesday.

Houston-born astronaut Shannon Walker will hitch a ride to the International Space Station on the SpaceX Crew Dragon after the spacecraft passes its final test and receives NASA certification.

Here’s how it works. A new statue of an Apollo astronaut now stands near NASA in Houston, just in time for the anniversary of the first moon landing. To find it, just follow the Golden Arches.

Houston may have been the home to NASA's Mission Control andthe hub of U.S. human spaceflight program for more than 40 years, but the Texasmetropolis has never produced a hometown astronaut.