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Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is the first of Launch Complex 39's three launch pads, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida.The pad, along with Launch Complex 39B, was first constructed in the 1960s to accommodate the Saturn V launch vehicle, and has been used to support NASA crewed space flight missions, including the historic Apollo 11 moon landing and the Space Shuttle.
Kennedy Space Center, operated by NASA, has two launch complexes on Merritt Island comprising four pads—two active, one under lease, and one inactive.From 1967 to 1975, it was the site of 13 Saturn V launches, three crewed Skylab flights and the Apollo–Soyuz; all Space Shuttle flights from 1981 to 2011, and one Ares 1-X flight in 2009.
SpaceX leases Launch Complex 39A from NASA and has modified the pad to support Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches. [4] [5] NASA began modifying Launch Complex 39B in 2007 to accommodate the now defunct Constellation program, and is currently prepared for the Artemis program, [6] [7] which was first launched in November 2022. [8]
The Falcon 9 rocket lifted off at 9:29 p.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first stage booster, flying for the fifth time, had previously launched Crew-8 ...
PHOTO: SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA's Kennedy Space Center as it is prepared for another attempt to liftoff in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Sep. 9, 2024. (Joe ...
They are slated to orbit higher than any spacecraft since NASA's Apollo missions. ... Center launch pad 39A. Live ... for an on-time liftoff of 8:32 p.m. from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 40 on ...
Shuttle Discovery launching from Pad 39A on STS-60, February 3, 1994 Shuttle Atlantis is moved to Pad 39A for the 1990 launch of STS-36. The Space Shuttle Atlantis ( STS-129 ) is seen on launch pad 39A at the NASA Kennedy Space Center shortly after the rotating service structure was rolled back on November 15, 2009.
Here's why they're excited for early-morning launch from Cape Canaveral. SpaceX-NASA Crew-8 launch is scheduled Friday, March 1 ... Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy ... Cape Canaveral Space Force Station ...