SRB solid rocket boosters on space shuttle Kennedy Space Center Visitors Complex Cape Canaveral, Florida
The John F Kennedy Space Center KSC is the NASA space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center 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 A total of 13 500 people work at the site as of early 2008 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 US Air Force The center employs about 15 000 civil servants and contractors The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex operated by Delaware North Companies at no taxpayer expense is home to a number of museums two IMAX theatres and various bus tours allowing visitors a closer look at various restricted areas that would otherwise not be possible Base admission for people over age 12 is 38 Included in the base admission is tour bus transportation into the restricted area to an observation gantry on the grounds of
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Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL US
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