From moon rocks to Space Camp, rocket culture has always been an important part of life in Florida. These photos document the long and storied history of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, one of the coolest attractions in Central Florida.
Lunar module in the Rocket Garden at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville 1972Tourists view the interior of one of the building at the space center 1970Interior view of the vehicle assembly building at the Kennedy Space CenterPerson wearing space suit standing with visitors in front of the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida 1996.Buffet at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida 1996Boys look at an exhibit while standing on the tread of a crawler-transporterAerial view of Crawler-Transporter #1.Visitors viewing Mercury:Atlas rocket in the garden at the Kennedy Space Center – Merritt Island, Florida.Man heating Space shuttle material during demonstration at the Kennedy Space Center – Merritt Island, Florida.Tourists lined up to walk through the Space Shuttle orbiter mock-up %22Ambassador%22 on display at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida.Visitor reading about the Mercury-Atlas rocket in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida.View of visitors at the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida.Aerial view showing a rocket being launched from Florida’s space coast 1985Aerial view of Kennedy Space Center – Cape Canaveral, FloridaChildren launching model rockets at U.S. Space Camp Florida 1990Bus stops at the launch area – Cape Canaveral, FloridaBuses parked in front of the visitor center – Cape Canaveral, FloridaChildren in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida.Visitors viewing a Pratt & Whitney rocket engine at the Kennedy Space CenterInterior view of the Kennedy Space Center museum – Merritt Island, Florida.Launch complex at the space center – Cape Canaveral Florida 1967Space Shuttle Columbia liftoff 1981Visitor photographing one of the rockets on display in the garden at Kennedy Space Center – Merritt Island, Florida.Space Shuttle Columbia liftoff 1981Space shuttle displayed on the back of a shuttle carrier Boeing 747 aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida. 1996Space shuttle on the launch pad – Cape Canaveral, Florida 1979-81Tourist with person wearing space suit in front of the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida 1996Tourists viewing lunar module on display in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden.View of space capsules – Cape Canaveral FloridaView of the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida 1992View showing a GAM-63 Rascal on display in the rocket garden at the Kennedy Space Center 1977View showing rockets in the garden at the Kennedy Space Center – Merritt Island, Florida.View showing the Gemini 5 launch vehicle 1960View showing visitors at the Kennedy Space Center – Merritt Island, Florida.Visitor viewing lunar samples from the Apollo Project at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt IslandTourists visit Kennedy Space Center’s information center – Cape Canaveral, Florida 1977Visitors gathered for group portrait by the lunar module on display in the Kennedy Space Center rocket garden.Visitors looking at museum exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida.Viewers around the bleachers at the Patrick Air Force base – Cocoa Beach, Florida 1966Tourist takes a photo of one of the space vehicles – Cape Canaveral, Florida 1977Visitors viewing Mercury:Atlas rocket in the %22rocket garden%22 at the Kennedy Space Center – Merritt Island, Florida.Visitors viewing museum exhibit at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida.Aerial view of Kennedy Space Center – Cape Canaveral, Florida 1969Visitors viewing space program exhibits at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville, Florida 1975Visitors viewing the Apollo 17 Moon Rock at the Kennedy Space CenterYoung people at the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island near Titusville 1996Sign at the launch pad – Cape Canaveral Florida 1970Tourists visit Kennedy Space Center’s information center – Cape Canaveral 1976
