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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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 …
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Below are some NASA released photos of rockets ready to be launched and launches at Complex 14. As mentioned in an earlier post, Launch Complex 14 only supported four manned Gemini Missions but was responsible for over 30 total launches. …
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Searching through some old NASA launch photographs I was a able to find a few that matched the perspective I took of LC-14 while bike riding through Launch Pad ruins! A view from the base of LC-14 ramp – then …
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At the base of the ramp of Launch Complex 14 stands a Granite Monument that reads: “From this site, Complex 14 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Astronaut John Glenn, Jr. became the first American to Orbit the Earth. His …
As mentioned before Launch Complex 14 is well known as the complex to launch John Glenn into space as the first American to orbit the earth. It was also the launch site of the remaining three Mercury-Atlas flights and various …
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The blockhouse is about 750′ from where the launch stand used to exist and is 60′ in diameter. As you approach the Blockhouse there is a graphic display of all of the launches from Complex 14, the most famous are …
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One of my favorite spots to stop in the early morning on the way to work to catch the sunrise was Complex 14. This was John Glenn’s launch complex for America’s first manned orbital flight. Lots more to come on …