{"id":392,"date":"2023-03-27T09:27:56","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T13:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2024-04-28T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T14:49:36","slug":"launch-complex-14-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Launch Complex 14 &#8211; Launch Site of John Glenn\u2019s Orbital Mission &#8211;  Biking through Space Ruins (Part 1)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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\\&#8217;s launch complex for America\\&#8217;s first manned orbital flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots more to come on this site &#8211; here are a few early morning photos as you approach the complex &#8211; there is a sign with all the Manned Orbital launches and a monument to John\\&#8217;s flight and as you drive towards the Blockhouse &#8211; the parking stops still contain the names of the astronauts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Complex-14_2-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Complex-14_2-1024x729.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-393\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">The List of Manned Orbital Flights from Complex 14 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Complex-14_1.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Complex-14_1-1024x593.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-398\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Complex-14_3-scaled.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Complex-14_3-1024x768.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-396\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><a href=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CC-Map-and-Launch-Sites-2.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/CC-Map-and-Launch-Sites-2.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-397\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"\\&amp;quot;wp-block-gallery wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\" has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\\\"><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\\&#8217;s launch complex for America\\&#8217;s first manned orbital flight. Lots more to come on this site &#8211; here are a few early morning photos as you approach the complex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[31,23,19,17,11],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-launch-complex-14","tag-glenn","tag-history","tag-launch","tag-launch-complex-14","tag-rockets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/caperockets.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}