{"id":1648,"date":"2025-03-27T09:54:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=1648"},"modified":"2025-03-27T09:54:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T13:54:56","slug":"launch-complex-14-biking-through-space-ruins-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/?p=1648","title":{"rendered":"Launch Complex 14  &#8211; Biking through Space Ruins &#8211; (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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 Blockhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Below are several photos of the road that leads to the Blockhouse, the Mercury &amp; Memorial and a beautiful sunrise over the launch site and Block House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CM-14-Blockhouse-Road-7-18-14-1-1536x1152-1.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CM-14-Blockhouse-Road-7-18-14-1-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1650\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">The sun rises over the entrance road to Space Launch Complex 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Complex-14_4-2-1381x1536-1.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Complex-14_4-2-1381x1536-1-921x1024.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1649\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">The Mercury 7 Memorial at the entrance to Space Launch Complex 14<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CM-14-Blockhouse-7-18-14-8-1536x1152-1.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CM-14-Blockhouse-7-18-14-8-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1651\\\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Space Launch Complex 14 Blockhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CM-14-Blockhouse-7-18-14-11-HDR-1536x1152-1.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CM-14-Blockhouse-7-18-14-11-HDR-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1652\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><a href=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CM-14-Blockhouse-7-18-14-10-1536x1152-1.jpg\\\"><img src=\\\"https:\/\/caperockets.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CM-14-Blockhouse-7-18-14-10-1536x1152-1-1024x768.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-1653\\\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 Blockhouse. 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