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Kennedy Space Center
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Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center space shuttle liftoff space shuttle Atlantis Apollo 13 launch Artemis I on its launchpad Friendship 7 Gemini 12 spacecraft lifting off from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla., Nov. 11, 1966. Stephen Hawking Challenger disaster: icy conditions on day of launch SpaceX: Falcon Heavy rocket
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Kennedy Space Center: References & Edit History

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  • Patricia Bauer
    Pat Bauer graduated from Ripon College in 1977 with a double major in Spanish and Theatre. She spent most of the next 42 years working as a copy editor and editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
  • Tamsin Pickeral
    Tamsin Pickeral is a freelance writer and researcher specializing in art, architecture, and horses. 

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Add new Web site: NASA - Kennedy Space Center. Dec 03, 2024
Add new Web site: Space.com - NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Information. Apr 29, 2024
New article added. May 12, 2023
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