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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 homes were removed.
As NASA neared the Moon, popularity grew. By 1969, the visitor center was the second most visited Florida attraction, behind Tampa's Busch Gardens. [3] Even during the gap between the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, attendance remained at over one million guests and it ranked as the fifth most popular tourist attraction in Florida. [6]
targeting upper-elementary aged children. Launched in 1998, [2] [3] it was the first NASA website to create content about multiple missions directly for children. It has its own url, and it also serves as the kids' portion of the NASA Science Mission Directorate website.
U.S. officials on Thursday confirmed that a 20-foot segment of the space shuttle Challenger was discovered earlier this year off the Florida coast by divers who were filming a television ...
The video, shared by NASA on Wednesday, was taken as the International Space Station passed over the churning storm. Hundreds of miles over the storm, the hurricane’s thick wall of clouds and ...
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers. Since 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of American spaceflight, research, and technology.
In May 1973, the Florida Legislature passed a law restoring the former 400-year-old name, [35] [36] and the Board went along. The name restoration to Cape Canaveral became official on October 9, 1973. [37] [38] Senator Ted Kennedy had stated in 1970 that it was a matter to be decided by the citizens of Florida. [34]
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