Launch Complex 39 at John F. Kennedy Space Center

Launch Complex 39 at John F. Kennedy Space Center

Launch Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center

John F. Kennedy Space Center

Kennedy Space Center

Merritt Island (Fla.)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (U.S.)

NASA

Apollo Project (U.S.)

Project Apollo (U.S.)

Launch complexes (Astronautics)--Florida

Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) at John F. Kennedy Space Center was constructed specifically for the Saturn V rockets, which powered Lunar missions of Project Apollo. The complex was originally conceived as at least a three-pad complex in the early 1960s, but only two pads, Launch Pad 39A and Launch Pad 39B, were constructed. This combined with Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), the crawlerway, and Launch Pad 39A and Launch Pad 39B. In this photograph, Launch Pad 39A is in the foreground, with the crawlerway, which connects it to the VAB, in the distance. This is the original Apollo-era configuration.

Original color photographic print: Space Walk of Fame Collection.

ca. 1966

Digital reproduction of original color photographic print.

Florida Space Coast History Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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Launch Complex 39A, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Launch Complex 39B, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida

Launch Complex 39A, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida\28.608265\-80.603287\1966-01-01\1966-12-31

Launch Complex 39B, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida\28.585836\-80.650893\1966-01-01\1966-12-31

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