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 referred …
Navaho Missiles, Hurricanes & The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse! Read more »
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 …
During the Winter months while working at the Kennedy Space Center – I would engage a beautiful Sunset on the drive home! And then I would detour out to the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse to capture the sun as it was …
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There are two Camera Pad roads out at Cape Canaveral – Camera Pad A (Alpha) and B (Bravo) and both provide beach access and fishing to CCSFB (Cape Canaveral Space Force Base) and KSC (Kennedy Space Center) employees. These Camera …
One of my favorite places to visit is Launch Complex 34 – and I will have an extensive write-up with photos in futures posts. As for now, it was a great place to capture a sunrise and also for several …
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 …
Launch Complex 14 – Biking through Space Ruins – A few photos from then & now (Part 6) Read more »
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 …
A warm glow of the early morning sunrise reflects on to the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse as the Moon hangs high in the West. Beautiful early morning sunrise colors surround the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse with the Moon off in the Western …
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 …