Kennedy Space Center

In the distance you can see pad39 which was used to launch the apollo rockets and now launches the Space Shuttle. In the foreground you can see the gravel "road" they use to move the Space Shuttle from the Apollo building to the launchpad. It's about 2 1/2 miles.

This is on the tour of the Kennedy space center. Apparantly it's a 3 hour tour. We were able to stretch it into six and would have stayed longer if they hadn't closed.
This is one of the platforms that they use to launch the space shuttle. They assemble the shuttle in the apollo building on top of this platform then move the whole thing to pad 39.

Cape Kennedy/Kennedy Space Center is about 1 hour from Disney. It makes a nice break from the hectic pace of the parks.
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In the distance you can see pad39 which was used to launch the apollo rockets and now launches the Space Shuttle. In the foreground you can see the gravel "road" they use to move the Space Shuttle from the Apollo building to the launchpad. It's about 2 1/2 miles. This is on the tour of the Kennedy space center. Apparantly it's a 3 hour tour. We were able to stretch it into six and would have stayed longer if they hadn't closed.
This is one of the platforms that they use to launch the space shuttle. They assemble the shuttle in the apollo building on top of this platform then move the whole thing to pad 39. Cape Kennedy/Kennedy Space Center is about 1 hour from Disney. It makes a nice break from the hectic pace of the parks.
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