One of my favorite places to visit was Launch Complex 19 – and I was fortunate enough to bike all over Cape Canaveral and visit old launch sites on my mountain bike near the end of the Space Shuttle Program. …
The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse and Launch Complex 21 and 22 – Rockets launches within the view of the Lighthouse. One of my favorite launch sites to visit is Space Launch Complex 21 and 22! Located just a few hundred feet …
Weather in Florida in the summer always brings afternoon thunderstorms and on many occasions they would hit The Cape as I was leaving work. On this particular late May afternoon I was able to escape the office just as the …
Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – Throwback Thursday (TBT) – May 31st, 2018 Read more »
One of my favorite places to visit while working at the Space Center was Space Launch Complex 34 (SLC-34) – Home of the Saturn 1 and Saturn 1B. Originally constructed for a missile named Juno, the name was changed to …
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In 2011 I was able to bike to and around Space Launch Complex 11 before the Blockhouse was demolished in 2023. In June of 1967 the Pad and service tower structures sold for salvage so these have not been at …
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On this particular day my friend and I decided to bike through two very historic Launch Sites – Space Launch Complex 16 and 19. Both Launch sites sit next to each other and we actually found a path connecting the …
Space Launch Complex 16 and 19 – Biking through Space Ruins (Part 1) Read more »
Back in 2011 I was attempting to get in as many bike rides as possible before the end of the Space Shuttle Program while facing the possibility of being laid-off from the Space Center after the last Shuttle mission in …
Launch Complex 20 – Biking through Space Ruins – Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Read more »
Many of my bike rides through the Space Launch Complexes started at the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse, just a short distance from Missile Row and Complex 11. Space Launch Complex 11 (SLC-11) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, is a …