Cape Canaveral Beach and Lighthouse – Throwback Thursday
A look back at an early morning sunrise at the Cape Canaveral shoreline and the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – 10-23-2014.
Author: Alden Pitard
About the Author and Photographer:
Alden Pitard has over 40 years experience working in the Aerospace Industry at Cape Canaveral, The Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and Boeing locations throughout the country. He has supported the Space Shuttle Program, International Space Station, 787 Dreamliner and most recently the Artemis Program. During his time at "The Cape" he photographed a majority of the Launch Sites at KSC and Cape Canaveral.
As the Space Shuttle program was coming to a close in 2011, the author decided to bike to all the Launch Complexes he could and capture the Space Center and Cape Canaveral as it was - thus "Biking through Space Ruins".
Launch Complex 14 – Biking through Space Ruins – (Part 2)
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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Throwback Thursday (OK – it’s Friday) to the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – on a cool foggy November morning back in 2016
When the cool air starts to arrive in Central Florida it usually sets up a nice foggy morning out on Cape Canaveral. With lots of land and undeveloped areas out on the Cape, the cool air mixing with the warmer …
Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – Throwback Thursday to 1994 and 2019
Lets go back to 1994 and see what the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse looked like before any restoration started on the Oil House and Lighthouse Keepers Quarters. The Cape Canaveral light was established in 1848 to warn ships of the dangerous …
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Space Launch Complex 11 – Biking through Space Ruins
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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Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – Throwback Thursday to 1973
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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Space Launch Complex 16 & 19 – Biking through Space Ruins (Part 2)
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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Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – Throwback Thursday to 1959
Several of my bike rides around the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base started at the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. The Lighthouse has stood watch over the Cape for over 155 years. The Cape Canaveral lighthouse is owned by the United States …
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Space Launch Complex 16 and 19 – Biking through Space Ruins (Part 1)
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 …
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Cape Canaveral Lighthouse – Throwback Thursday – October 25, 1995 – Space Shuttle Columbia.
Space Shuttle Columbia soars into the cloud-washed sky above Cape Canaveral Lighthouse. After six scrubs from the original Sept. 25 launch date, liftoff occurred Oct. 20 at 9:53 a.m. EDT. The crew of seven comprises Commander Ken Bowersox, Pilot Kent …