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 …
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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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Stop in to the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Center and see the amazing display of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The Space Shuttle Atlantis is displayed as only astronauts have seen her in space, with payload doors open and Canadarm extended, …
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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