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Wikipedia Description: Kennedy Space Center
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The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility (spaceport) on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, United States. The site is near Cape Canaveral, midway between Miami and Jacksonville, Florida. It is 34 mi (55 km) long and around 6 mi (10 km) wide, covering 219 square miles (567 kmē). Around 17,000 people work at the site. There is a visitor center and public tours and KSC is a major tourist destination for visitors to Florida. Because much of KSC is a restricted area and only 9 percent of the land is developed, the site also serves as an important wildlife sanctuary; Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore are also features of this area. The area receives more lightning strikes than any other place in the U.S., causing NASA to spend millions of dollars to avoid strikes during launch.
Operations are currently controlled from Launch Complex 39, the location of the Vehicle Assembly Building. 3 mi (5 km) to the east of the assembly building are the two launch pads. 5 mi (8 km) south is the KSC Industrial Area, where many of the Center's support facilities and the administrative Headquarters Building are located.
Kennedy Space Center's only launch operations are at Launch Complex 39. All other launch operations take place at the adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS), which is operated by the Air Force. The center employs about 15,000 civil servants and contractors.
History:
The announcement of the lunar program led to an expansion of operations from the Cape to the adjacent Merritt Island. NASA began acquisition in 1962, taking title to 131 milesē by outright purchase and negotiating with the state of Florida for an additional 87 milesē. In July 1962, the site was named the Launch Operations Center. It was renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center in November 1963, after the assassinat ...More...
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2006 photos: Equipment this year: I was using all six Fuji cameras at various times -- an S602Zoom, two S7000s,a S5200, an S9000, and an S9100. The majority of pictures this year were taken with the S9000. I have to say, the S7000s was the best camera I've used up to this point..
Trips this year: Florida (two separate trips including Lotusphere and taking care of mom), three weeks out west (including Yellowstone), Williamsburg, San Diego (comic book convention), and Georgia.
Number of photos taken this year: 183,000.
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