Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39
Launch complex 39a lc 39a is the first of launch complex 39 s two launch pads located at nasa s kennedy space center in merritt island florida the pad along with launch complex 39b were first designed for the saturn v launch vehicle which at the time was the united states most powerful rocket.
Kennedy space center launch complex 39. Crewed space launch since apollo 8 in 1968. Since the late 1960s pads a and b at kennedy space center s launch complex 39 have served as backdrops for america s most significant manned space flight endeavors apollo skylab apollo soyuz and space shuttle. View the kennedy space center launch schedule and get launch information including location launch videos rocket information and launch dates.
Sat oct 24th 2020 8 00 pm edt. Kennedy space center ksc on merritt island florida where journalists have observed every u s. The launch complex 39 press site is a news media facility at launch complex 39 at the john f.
Guests board a kennedy space center bus from inside the main visitor complex and travel behind nasa s gates to this viewing location not otherwise open to the public. Launch complex 39 overview. Witness the launch of the spacex falcon 9 carrying four astronauts to the international space station marking the beginning of a new era of space exploration.
Cape canaveral fl usa. Date time may change. Typically used to launch nasa s crewed spaceflight missions since the late 1960s the pad was.
Launch is targeted for 3 22 p m. Launch complex 39 kennedy buzzing with activity during apollo 11 50th anniversary week kennedy space center will host multiple programs as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the apollo 11 mission. Kennedy space center on merritt island in florida united states.
Oct 31 2020 02 40 am launch complex 39a. A spacex falcon 9 rocket and crew dragon spacecraft will lift off from launch pad 39a at kennedy space center in florida this afternoon carrying american nasa astronauts robert behnken and douglas hurley to the international space station. The site and its collection of facilities were originally built as the apollo program s moonport and later modified for the space shuttle program.