BGuthrie Photos: FL -- Kennedy Space Center -- Bus Tour

FL -- Kennedy Space Center -- Bus Tour:

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1. NASATO_050122_010.JPG: Crawlerway. We're crossing the multi-lane road on which the shuttle travels to reach its launch platform. Giant treads go down both sides of the route from the Vehicle Assembly Building to the launch platforms, moving the craft at a glacial pace. The combined weight of the Crawler Transporter, Mobile Launch Platform, and Space Shuttle is 18 million pounds
2. NASATO_050122_046.JPG: This is Pad B. The 300,000-gallon watertank provides water which is used as a sound suppressor during launch.
3. NASATO_050122_061.JPG: This is the Vehicle Assembly Building. The glass-lined building toward the ground is the room from which the controllers watch the launches. To the right (looking like it's part of the VAB) is the Orbiter Processing Facility #2, and another one (Orbiter Processing Facility #3). Farther to the right is the Solid Rocket Booster Processing Facility.
4. NASATO_050122_077.JPG: Across the bay is the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The older Apollo crafts were launched from here. The tall building on the left is the Space Launch Complex 41 Gantry, a movable tower used to protect the rocket on the launch pad. The fatter building to the right is Space Launch Complex 40, the launch pad for the Titan rocket. To the right of that is Space Launch Complex 37 where the Delta IV vehicles took off. To the right of that is the Solid Motor Assembly and Readiness Facility.
5. NASATO_050122_171.JPG: This is Pad A. There are two shuttle launch sites. Each is based on a Fixed Service Structure (FSS) which provides access to the entire Space Shuttle system including the orbiter cockpit, external tank, solid rocket boosters, and emergency exit system. The white balls near the structure are the Liquid Oxygen Tanks. Liquid oxygen, used as an oxidizer by the orbiter main engines, is stored in this 900,000 gallon tank, then transferred to the External Tank several hours before launch.
6. NASATO_050122_228.JPG: The logo on the wall was damaged by one of the hurricanes that went through the area. Someone commented that it looked like an old video game with the little square graphics. The launch facility is the bottom area.
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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 km�). 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 miles� by outright purchase and negotiating with the state of Florida for an additional 87 miles�. 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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