John F. Kennedy Space Center



In November of 1963, President Lyndon Johnson designated the facilities of the Launch Operations Center and Station No. 1 of the Atlantic Missile Range as the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Soon after, construction began on the Launch Complex 39 facilities which include the Launch Control Center, Pads A & B, and the huge hangar now known as the Vehicle Assembly Building. Since then, Kennedy Space Center has launched men to the moon, hundreds of scientific and commercial spacecraft, and all of the Space Shuttle missions. This is a tour of Kennedy Space Center that I took in 1999.



Entrance Sign


Rocket Garden


Visitor Center Entrance


Bus Tour to LC39 Launch Complex Observation Gantry and Apollo/Saturn V and ISS Centers



Vehicle Assembly Building


Vehicle Assembly Building


Crawler-Transporter


LC39A Launch Complex

LC39B Complex viewed from the
LC39 Observation Gantry


Crawler with Vehicle Assembly Building in background

Rocket engine
LC39 Observation Gantry


Apollo/Saturn V Center and International Space Station Center


Exhaust nozzles of Saturn V rocket
Apollo/Saturn V Center


Saturn V Rocket in Apollo/Saturn V Center


Scale model of Saturn V Rocket

Lunar Lander
Apollo/Saturn V Center

Lunar Rover
Apollo/Saturn V Center

Apollo Command Module
Apollo/Saturn V Center

Crew Module
International Space Station ISS Center

Science Module
International Space Station ISS Center

Science Module
International Space Station ISS Center


Back to the Visitor Center Complex



Space Shuttle Booster Assembly

Space Shuttle Explorer
JFK Space Center Visitor Complex


Space Shuttle Cargo Bay Mockup with Satellite

View of Visitor Center Complex
from Space Shuttle gantry

Space Shuttle Explorer
JFK Space Center Visitor Complex

Rocket Garden
JFK Space Center Visitor Complex


Bonus - Vintage NASA Postcards


This is the end of the JFK Space Center tour. Background content obtained from NASA.
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