Kennedy Space Center

Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA

Nov 9th, 1967

FIRST LAUNCH

NASA

PRIMARY OPERATOR

LAUNCH PADS

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ABOUT THE LAUNCH SITE

Description:

Kennedy Space Center, located on the east coast of Florida, is NASA's primary launch facility and a hub for human spaceflight, scientific research, and space exploration. With its rich history, state-of-the-art facilities, and proximity to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Kennedy Space Center is a world-renowned center for space innovation and discovery.

Quick Facts:

NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, is a historic launch site renowned for its crucial role in crewed space missions like Apollo moon landings and Space Shuttle launches.
The center houses multiple launch complexes, including LC-39A, which has been utilized by private companies like SpaceX for commercial launches.
Serving as a gateway to space, the Kennedy Space Center continues to play a vital role in space exploration, supporting missions like the Artemis program's development of the Space Launch System and providing a visitor complex for public engagement with space history and future endeavors.

Quotes from History

We welcome more nations taking trips to mars and studying it, delivering and sharing its science with the world... that’s what science is all about, of course, it’s a very uniting kind of thing. For the first time ever, we’re going to fly a helicopter on another planet... in the future, it could transform how we do planetary science on other worlds.
Jim Bridenstine, Former head of NASA, under President Donald Trump