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Cape Canaveral (Spanish: Cabo Cañaveral) is a cape in Brevard County, Florida, in the United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Officially Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island , separated from it by the Banana River .
On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard. The spacecraft disintegrated 46,000 feet (14 km) above the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 16:39:13 UTC (11:39:13 a.m. EST, local time at the launch site).
Cape Canaveral, US: 1: A worker refurbishing the 11th level of the Cape Canaveral, Atlas Launch Complex 36B launch tower was killed when an air hose he was using was caught by the pad elevator. The hose wrapped around the worker and pulled him into the elevator shaft, crushing him to death.
An undisclosed space operation is planned today from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station — but neither SpaceX, NASA nor United Launch Alliance have scheduled any missions for liftoff.
In 1949, the Joint Long Range Proving Ground was established at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on the east coast of Florida, where the last two Bumper launches would take place. On July 24, 1950, Bumper 8 became the inaugural launch of "the Cape", still in use as of 2023. [2]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from pad 39A with a payload of a pair of lunar landers at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025.
Cape Canaveral is a city in Brevard County, Florida. It is part of the Palm Bay ...
That happened on Friday at about 3:29 a.m. ET. ... 2024, as they participated in the Crew Equipment Interface Test at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station before their March launch. - SpaceX.