In September 1948, the area around Cape Canaveral as the Banana River Naval Air Station was commissioned. On 11 May 1949 is selected to expand the initial capacity of White Sands (WSMR) in New Mexico.
In honor of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 1964 was renamed Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. In 1973, the base received its old name back. But in 1992 the name was changed again: the CCAF was for eight years Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS). In March 2000 the U.S. Air Force changed the name back again, to illustrate the military status. Since then, the area is back in the name of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The first launch from Cape Canaveral took place on 24 Held in July 1950. A Bumper 8 lifted off at 14:28 UTC from LC Launch Complex-3 of the CCAF. In the bumper-8 rocket, it was a V2 which was extended by an American high school.
In the period from 1956 starts with several Jupiter, Vanguard, Thor and Atlas missiles were carried out.
Was a Jupiter rocket on 31 January 1958 the first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, American launched into space. Building on the Redstone and Atlas rockets, was developed with the first manned Mercury program was founded in 1958 under the direction of NASA. The first manned rocket (Mercury-Redstone 3) on 5 May 1961 with the mission Freedom 7 launched a ballistic flight.2 based on the Titan, the manned Gemini program was continued.
With LC-34 LC-37 and developed in the northern area, the first true NASA launch pads for the Saturn / Apollo missions.Shortly thereafter, then the launch complex LC-39 with three grid positions, of which only two were built, however, planned for the Saturn V. In a test of the Apollo 1 on 27 January 1967 there has been a disaster on the launch pad, where the crew (Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee) died.
From the LC-34 is launched on 11th October 1968 on the first manned Apollo mission (Apollo 7). On 16 July 1969 followed by a launch from LC-39A with the Apollo 11 flight to the moon with the first manned moon landing.
On 16 April 1984 included the Air Force Station as a National Historic Landmark in the national monument list.
In honor of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in 1964 was renamed Cape Kennedy Air Force Station. In 1973, the base received its old name back. But in 1992 the name was changed again: the CCAF was for eight years Cape Canaveral Air Station (CCAS). In March 2000 the U.S. Air Force changed the name back again, to illustrate the military status. Since then, the area is back in the name of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The first launch from Cape Canaveral took place on 24 Held in July 1950. A Bumper 8 lifted off at 14:28 UTC from LC Launch Complex-3 of the CCAF. In the bumper-8 rocket, it was a V2 which was extended by an American high school.
In the period from 1956 starts with several Jupiter, Vanguard, Thor and Atlas missiles were carried out.
Was a Jupiter rocket on 31 January 1958 the first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, American launched into space. Building on the Redstone and Atlas rockets, was developed with the first manned Mercury program was founded in 1958 under the direction of NASA. The first manned rocket (Mercury-Redstone 3) on 5 May 1961 with the mission Freedom 7 launched a ballistic flight.2 based on the Titan, the manned Gemini program was continued.
With LC-34 LC-37 and developed in the northern area, the first true NASA launch pads for the Saturn / Apollo missions.Shortly thereafter, then the launch complex LC-39 with three grid positions, of which only two were built, however, planned for the Saturn V. In a test of the Apollo 1 on 27 January 1967 there has been a disaster on the launch pad, where the crew (Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee) died.
From the LC-34 is launched on 11th October 1968 on the first manned Apollo mission (Apollo 7). On 16 July 1969 followed by a launch from LC-39A with the Apollo 11 flight to the moon with the first manned moon landing.
On 16 April 1984 included the Air Force Station as a National Historic Landmark in the national monument list.
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