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It was "Port Canaveral" from 1954 to 1962, and then the City of Cape Canaveral from 1962 to 1963, when a larger post office was built. In 1963, President Lyndon Johnson issued an executive order renaming the area "Cape Kennedy", after President John F. Kennedy , who had set the goal of landing on the Moon .
Cape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida. It is part of the Palm Bay – Melbourne – Titusville Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 9,912 at the 2020 US census.
The Beach House in 2010 after painting and refurnishing The Astronaut Beach House is a two-story house built in 1962 as a part of the then Neptune Beach subdivision at Cape Canaveral, Florida . NASA purchased the development through eminent domain for $31,500 in 1963 to accommodate the expanding Kennedy Space Center , [ 1 ] and other private ...
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Skid Strip (ICAO: KXMR, FAA LID: XMR) is a military airport at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS), 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) northeast of Cocoa Beach, Florida. It has an asphalt-paved runway designated 13/31 and measuring 10,000 by 200 ft (3,048 by 61 m).
The Cocoa Beach Pier, formerly known as the Cape Canaveral Pier, was built in 1962. An annual Easter Surfing Festival began in 1964. An estimated 100,000 spectators attend annually. [47] An air show in 2009 drew a crowd estimated at 30,000. [48]
Cocoa Beach is one of the more affordable vacation destinations in Florida and costs an estimated $176 per person per day. You may even be able to snag a hotel for less than $90 per night.
Florida's Space Coast is home to NASA's Kennedy Space Center & Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, which is about 150 miles away from West Palm Beach.
Siesta Beach in Siesta Key, located off the coast of Sarasota, was the highest ranking Florida beach at No. 2. Leatherman has rated the best of America’s 650 public beaches for 33 years.