After leaving the entrance to Launch Complex 14 marked by several memorials and signs commemorating Project Mercury and the four of six crewed Mercury missions launched there the road travels northeast and soon you come into view of the Launch …
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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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The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse has stood the test of time and decades of historic rocket launches from the shores of Cape Canaveral. History of the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse The historic Cape Canaveral Light on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in …
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Biking over to Space Launch Complex 19 from Complex 16 took us on two different paths. You could leave Complex 16 from the main entrance and ride out to ICBM Road and then over to the main entrance to Complex …
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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 …
Launch Complex 9 and 10 – Biking through Space Ruins. As mentioned in earlier posts, I usually started several of my bike rides from the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. From this location I could head North towards several launch sites refereed …
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A common starting point for many of my bikes rides out at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station was the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse located near the tip of Cape Canaveral. From the Lighthouse I could head south towards some of …
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station Many of my bike rides out to the launch complexes started at the Cape Cafeteria – located near the intersection of Hangar Road and NASA Parkway East – providing a quick ride down Heavy Launch …
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Launch Complex 14 was one of my favorite places to visit and capture the sunrise my way to work.The Launch Complex was responsible for multiple crewed and un-crewed Atlas Launches including John Glenn’s Friendship 7 launch in February of 1962. …
As mentioned in earlier posts, my goal was to visit and photograph a majority of the Launch Sites at CCAFS (Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) which is now Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and KSC before the end of the …
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