Captions List for Kennedy Space Center, FL Photos

Word index of all photos (without thumbnails) covering Kennedy Space Center: rockets, history, launch areas, Apollo moon mission.

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  • Array of rockets in rocket garden of Kennedy Space Center (Mercury Redstone, Mercury Atlas, Juno I, Delta, Atlas-Agena, Juno II).
  • Rocket garden of at Kennedy Space Center (Juno I, Delta, Juno II, Atlas-Agena, Gemini-Titan, & horizontal Saturn 1B).
  • Rocket garden of at Kennedy Space Center (Juno I, Mercury Redstone, Delta, Juno II, Atlas-Agena, Mercury Atlas & horizontal Saturn 1B).
  • Historic rockets at Kennedy Space Center (Juno II, Atlas-Agena, Gemini-Titan, Mercury Atlas).
  • Historic rockets at Kennedy Space Center (Delta, Gemini-Titan, Atlas-Agena).
  • Juno I (4 stage, 21.7m) which combined Redstone (stage 1 Hydyne fuel) + Jupiter (stage 2,3 solid fuel) + fourth stage to orbit Explorer I on Jan. 31, 1958 at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Juno I stands beside horizontal Saturn 1B at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Juno II (23.4m, stage 1 Kerosene, upper stage solid) launched Pioneer 4 & 33 unmanned missions to moon at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Delta (3 stage, 27m, stage 1 Kerosene, upper stages solid, #19) derived from Thor-Abel series & used for Pioneer 5 (March 11, 1960) & other interplenetary probes at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Juno I & tall bubble nose of Delta rocket 19 at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mercury Redstone (25.3m, Alcohol) launched first American in space Alan Shepard (May 5, 1961) in Mercury capsule at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mercury Redstone & Mercury Atlas with Mercury capsules at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mercury Redstone & Mercury Atlas with Mercury capsules at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mercury Atlas (29m, Kerosene) which carried John Glen into orbit (February 20, 1962) at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mercury Atlas space capsule at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Atlas-Agena (27.7m, RD-1 fuel) used to send moon photo probes starting January 1962 at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Atlas-Agena rocket cones at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Atlas-Agena details at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Gemini-Titan (2 stage, 33.2m, dimethyl hydrazine & nitrogen tetroxide) derived from Titan II ICBM & used for Gemini missions at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Gemini-Titan engines at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Service arm bridge across which Apollo 11 astronauts walked to their command module atop Satrun V for July 16, 1969 moon launch at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Saturn 1B (68m, stage 1 Kerosene) used to launch Apollo Command Service Module which linked to Russian Soyuz on July 15, 1975 at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Second stage of Saturn 1B (liquid hydrogen) at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Apollo Command Service Module atop Saturn 1B at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Rocket cluster of Saturn 1B at Kennedy Space Center.
  • H-1 rocket engine (Kerosene & LOX) used in Saturn I & IB first stages at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Saturn 1B hold down mechanism which kept rocket in place until engines built full thrust at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Model of Apollo-Soyuz spacecraft linkage for 1975 tests at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Space Shuttle model showing heat tiles at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Rear section of Space Shuttle model at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Tail of Space Shuttle model at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Space Shuttle rocket engine at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Model of Space Shuttle & booster rockets at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Space Shuttle booster rockets at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Entrance gates at Kennedy Space Visitor Center.
  • Astronaut space walk model above entrance at Kennedy Space Visitor Center.
  • Entrance to Mission to Mars exhibit at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Buses which take visitors to sites of Kennedy Space Center.
  • Astronaut Memorial at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Astronaut Memorial at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Reflective wall with names of Astronauts who lost their lives on Memorial at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Flags of Astronaut Memorial at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Plaque with images of Astronauts who lost their lives on Memorial at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Vehicle Assembly Building stands 160m & is world's tallest single story building at the Kennedy Space Center.
  • Vehicle Assembly Building with world's tallest doors at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Gravel road leading from Vehicle Assembly Building so crawler can carry space shuttle to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Crawler which carries space shuttle to launch pad at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Track of crawler seen against Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mobile Launcher Platform on which Space shuttle is assembled & carried by crawler to Kennedy Space Center launch pads.
  • Mobile Launcher Platform on which Space shuttle is assembled & carried by crawler to Kennedy Space Center launch pads.
  • Crawler road with launch pad in distance at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Launch Complex 39 pad A at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Launch Complex 39 pad B at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Cape Canaveral Air Force Station satellite launch complex.
  • Gantry at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch complex.
  • Historic launch control center used for Apollo missions at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Five engines of first stage of Saturn V moon rocket in Apollo facility at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Rocket engine cones of Saturn V stage I in Apollo facility at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Rocket engines of Saturn V stage II in Apollo facility at Kennedy Space Center.
  • F-1 kerosene engine as used on Saturn V stage I rockets at Kennedy Space Center.
  • J-2 liquid Hydrogen engine as used on Saturn V stage II rockets at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Saturn V stage III in Apollo facility at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Top of Saturn V stage II fuel tank at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Saturn V service module which propelled the command module & supplied water to Apollo astronauts at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Steering thruster unit on Saturn V service module at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Entrance hatch of Saturn V command module at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Command & service modules below hanging Saturn V stage III at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Nose cone of Saturn V at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Replica of Lunar Module trainer at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Lunar lander in Apollo / Saturn V facility at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Lunar lander in Apollo / Saturn V facility at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Apollo 10 & 11 logos at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Apollo 11 patch at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Apollo 16 patch at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Rover training vehicle for moon transport at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Apollo space suit at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Astronaut van at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Model of Dr. Robert Goddard's Gasoline/LOX rocket which flew 46m on March 16, 1926 in Auburn, MA at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Model of Vanguard I, America's first satellite launched March 17, 1958, at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mission Control Center for all Manned Mercury Missions (1961-5) at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mercury Mission Control Center which NASA points out had less computing power than a madern wrist watch at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mercury spacesuit at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Mercury spacesuit with Gordon Cooper's name & helmet at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Gemini spacesuit at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Gemini space capsule flown by Thomas Stafford & Gene Cernan on June 3, 1966, at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Apollo spacesuit at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Model of International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Models of modules for International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • MPL 10 laboratory section of International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • HAB 1S living quarter section of International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Shower unit in HAB 1S habitation of International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Canadian manipulator arm for International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • NOD 2 section of International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Gravitation Bio Rack will test plant growth in NOD 2 laboratory of International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Human research laboratory of NOD 2 section of International Space Station at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Replica of Skylab Multiple Docking Adaptor once used to connect to Apollo capsules in International Space Station Center at Kennedy Space Center.
  • Room where International Space Station modules are tested at Kennedy Space Center.
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