Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States.The site and its collection of facilities were originally built as the Apollo program's "Moonport" [2] and later modified for the Space Shuttle program.
Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is the first of Launch Complex 39's three launch pads, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.The pad, along with Launch Complex 39B, was first constructed in the 1960s to accommodate the Saturn V launch vehicle, and has been used to support NASA crewed space flight missions, including the historic Apollo 11 moon landing and the Space Shuttle.
The Space Shuttle Atlantis is seen on launch pad 39A at the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back on November 15, 2009. As the Space Shuttle was being designed, NASA received proposals for building alternative launch-and-landing sites at locations other than KSC, which demanded study.
A SpaceX rocket launch is on the horizon — and parts of the Treasure Coast may get a nice view of it. SpaceX is potentially targeting Thursday, Nov. 21, to launch a batch of Starlink internet ...
Feb. 2: Falcon 9 on Starlink 5-3 from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Pad 39-A at 2:43 a.m. 200th successful flight of Falcon 9 on mission to send up 53 Starlink satellites. Read more.
Watch below for the SpaceX launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, scheduled for 3:22 p.m. ET on May 30. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will be the first astronauts ...
Entrance to Kennedy Space Center, the John F. Kennedy memorial and a Space Shuttle stack in the background A Space Shuttle stack in front of the Space Shuttle Atlantis Exhibit building. Included in the base admission is tour-bus transportation to Launch Complex 39 and the surrounding KSC property, and the Apollo/Saturn V Center.
The launch marks the start of a roughly 29-hour flight to the International Space Station. Updates: Watch NASA and SpaceX launch Crew-5 astronauts from Kennedy Space Center Skip to main content