Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy space Center, then known as NASA's Launch Operations Center, became the nation's gateway to the Moon when it was decided that the undeveloped expanse of Merritt Island had compelling advantages over other prospective sites. Work began in 1962 to build the facilities which would launch Americans to the lunar surface.
The component parts of the Saturn V rocket and Apollo spacecraft were manufactured at hundreds of locations throughout the country, but they all came together here. Throughout the Apollo program, it was KSC's role to receive, integrate, test and launch the Saturn V rockets and their Apollo spacecraft. More than 26,000 people worked here to accomplish these final and critical tasks.
In 1963, the Launch Operations Center was renamed Kennedy Space Center, in honor of the fallen leader who had challenged his country to do the impossible, to go to the Moon.
Kennedy space Center, then known as NASA's Launch Operations Center, became the nation's gateway to the Moon when it was decided that the undeveloped expanse of Merritt Island had compelling advantages over other prospective sites. Work began in 1962 to build the facilities which would launch Americans to the lunar surface.
The component parts of the Saturn V rocket and Apollo spacecraft were manufactured at hundreds of locations throughout the country, but they all came together here. Throughout the Apollo program, it was KSC's role to receive, integrate, test and launch the Saturn V rockets and their Apollo spacecraft. More than 26,000 people worked here to accomplish these final and critical tasks.
In 1963, the Launch Operations Center was renamed Kennedy Space Center, in honor of the fallen leader who had challenged his country to do the impossible, to go to the Moon.