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Canaveral Memorabelia

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Cape Canaveral, promontory, eastern Florida, on a barrier island, occupied on the cape area and a part of nearby Merritt Island by a space center operated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The center is called the John F. Kennedy Space Center and is the principal United States launching site for earth satellites and space flights. Patrick Air Force Base is nearby. Neighboring communities have experienced great industrial expansion and population growth caused largely by the space center. The area also attracts many tourists. From 1963 to 1973 the cape was known as Cape Kennedy in honor of President John F. Kennedy (1961-63).Cape Canaveral
On your left you can see the Gemini 2 capsule, the only unmanned spacecraft to complete two space missions. On January 19, 1965, this capsule was launched on its first flight aboard a Titan II Booster from Comlex 19 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The ten minute 2,117 nautical mile flight was the last of the two unmanned missions to qualify the Gemini spacecraft and its launch vehicle for two-man orbital space flight. This refubrished vehicle was launched on its second mission aboard an Air Force Titan IIIC, November 3, 1966. The 33 minute flight was a heat shield qualification test for the Ait Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program, which was cancelled.
To the right you can see an Earth model of a moon rover. The materials used to create it would differ in the two environments, but this is the general idea.
Believe it or not, to the left is the very building in which space shuttles are made. Sadly, I didn't get a better picture of it.
And this thing to the right carries the assembled rocket to a launchpad. This is one of those things the true size of which the camera really fails to capture.
To the left are Launchpads A and B - the ones that NASA still uses. Which is why I didn't come closer to them and get a better picture.

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