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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