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  Cape Canaveral - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cape Canaveral is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic coast.
From 1963 to 1973 it was called Cape Kennedy: President John F. Kennedy was an enthusiastic backer of the space program, and after his assassination in 1963, his widow Jacqueline Kennedy suggested to President Lyndon Johnson that renaming the Cape Canaveral space facility would be an appropriate memorial.
The Kennedy family issued a letter stating they "understood the decision"; Jacqueline Kennedy also stated if she had known that the Canaveral name had existed for 400 years, she never would have supported changing the name of the Cape.
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 Cape Canaveral, Florida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cape Canaveral is a city located in Brevard County, Florida, USA.
The city of Cape Canaveral is located at the northern tip of a barrier island on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
It is due south of the geographical feature Cape Canaveral (known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973), which is on Merritt Island.
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 Cape Canaveral, Florida -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cape Canaveral is a city located in (additional info and facts about Brevard County, Florida) Brevard County, Florida.
The city of Cape Canaveral is located at the northern tip of a (A long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running parallel to the shore) barrier island on the Atlantic coast of Florida.
Cape Canaveral is located at 28°23'18" North, 80°36'13" West (28.388382, -80.603498).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/ca/cape_canaveral,_florida.htm   (528 words)

  
 Cape Canaveral, Florida - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cape Canaveral is a city located in Brevard County, Florida.
Cape Canaveral is located at 28°23'18" North, 80°36'13" West (28.388382, -80.603498){{GR1}}.
A Climatology of the Sea Breeze at Cape Canaveral, Florida
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 LocalArea
This 1.9 square-mile beach and coastal community is bounded on the west by the Banana River, on the north by Port Canaveral, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the south by Cocoa Beach.
The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse is located on the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and is generally not open for public access.
Homeowners and business people in the Cape Canaveral area were becoming concerned about their investment in the community and decided the time was right to pursue incorporation to create a city or town of their own.
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 Cape Kennedy, Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cape Kennedy Corvette Club Our site is a newsletter for the Cape Kennedy Corvette Club, with a calendar of events, some photos of members' cars.
Cape Canaveral Co-op Forum Message board for co-ops and interns working for local companies and contractors.
Florida Immobilien Berlin Vermittelt Immobilien in Florida als Zweitwohnsitz oder für Auswanderer.
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 Cape Kennedy, Florida - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Cape Kennedy, Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
These include lift-offs to the Moon during the Apollo project, for which a new launch complex was constructed on 324 sq km/126 sq mi of land, doubling the size of the Cape Canaveral site.
To celebrate 50 years since the first launch at the site, 50 model rockets were launched on 24 July 2000, close to the original launch pad.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 CAPE CANAVERAL (FLORIDA)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Cape Canaveral ist eine Stadt im Brevard County im US-Bundesstaat Florida, USA, mit 9.800 Einwohnern (Stand: 2004).
Die Gemeinde Cape Canaveral befindet sich an der nördlichen Spitze der Insel Barrier an der Atlantikküste.
Sie liegt etwas südlich des Weltraumbahnhofs Cape Canaveral, besser bekannt als Cape Kennedy, wie es von 1963 bis 1973 hieß und auf der Insel Merrit ist.
www.toonorama.com /encyclopedia/C/Cape_Canaveral_(Florida)   (126 words)

  
 Cape Canaveral Lighthouse
The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse was guiding ships along the Atlantic long before anyone dreamed of ships in space.
It still shines its guiding light off the east coast of Florida only a few thousand feet from where the first men left Earth to visit the moon.
Wernher von Brann, a pioneer of the space effort, used the lighthouse as a platform to observe early rocket launches.
www.bansemer.com /florida_lighthouses/cape_canaveral_lighthouse.htm   (788 words)

  
 mental_floss fact of the day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
When John F. Kennedy was assassinated later that year, officials scrambled to find an appropriate memorial with which to honor the slain president.
Kennedy suggested something connected to the space program, as her husband had been one of its staunchest supporters.
Newly-sworn president Lyndon Johnson proceeded to convince the Department of the Interior's Board of Geographic Names to change the name of the cape itself to Cape Kennedy, while the NASA building was dubbed the John F. Kennedy Space Center.
www.mentalfloss.com /archives/archive2004-07-29.htm   (291 words)

  
 John Glenn Oral History Interview, June 12, 1964   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kennedy told me of some of his statements to her about my future and how he hoped I would be interested in continuing public service.
As you will remember, at the very outset of the Kennedy Administration, the President designated the Vice President to be a key man in the whole space program and, in fact, he made him the Chairman of the [National Aeronautics and] Space Council by an amendment to the Space Act.
Launched from Cape Canaveral (renamed Cape Kennedy), Florida, he completed a successful three-orbit mission around the earth, reaching a maximum altitude (apogee) of approximately 162 statute miles and an orbital velocity of approximately 17,500 miles per hour.
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 Cape Kennedy on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station open gates to community on Nov. 4.
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL -- Bill Readdy, NASA Associate Adminstrator for Spaceflight, speaks during a press conference at Kennedy Space Center, in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Saturday, February 1, 2003, addres
CAPE CANAVERAL, FL - A Kennedy Space Center officer stands guard as the shuttle Atlantis arrives at the orbiter processing facility on Friday, March 14, 2003.
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 Florida Vacation - Melbourne,Cocoa Beach,Cape Canaveral,Kennedy Space Center,Space Coast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Jungle Adventures is one of the oldest, all-natural and native attractions in Florida.
The refuge is part of NASA and the Kennedy Space Center.Portions are closed during the launch of shuttles.
The economy of Titusville and the area surrounding it is based on the aerospace industry, centered at the Kennedy Space Center on nearby Merritt Island; tourism, also associated with the space industry; and agriculture, particularly citrus cultivation and processing.
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 SURVEYOR - SOFT LANDING LUNAR SPACECRAFT
Surveyor 3 was the first spacecraft in the Surveyor program to carry a scoop-and-claw device with which scientists, by remote control, could dig trenches, scoop up samples of lunar soil and perform bearing-strength tests by pressing the head of the scoop-unit against the lunar surface.
Surveyor 7, the last spacecraft in the unmanned series of lunar soft-landers, was launched from Cape Kennedy, Florida, on January 6, 1968 at 10:30 p.m.
The fourth mission of Surveyor occurred on July 14, 1967, when Surveyor 4 was launched from Cape Kennedy and aimed for a landing in Central Bay.
www.boeing.com /defense-space/space/bss/factsheets/scientific/surveyor/surveyor.html   (3256 words)

  
 When Cape Crusaders Played Florida's Name Game
By the time Kennedy challenged the nation to go to the moon, NASA had outgrown the facilities at the Missile Range and bought 80,000 acres of adjacent land on Merritt Island, between the Indian and Banana rivers.
A map of Cape Canaveral and its vicinity, circa 1958.
The younger Kennedy was fending off publicity regarding his accident at Chappaquiddick and the death of a young female passenger, and his fellow senators were reluctant to "add to his tribulations," the article said.
www.space.com /news/spacehistory/cape_kennedy_000511.html   (1526 words)

  
 Orlando Vacation Attractions | Kennedy Space Center | Kid Friendly Florida Vacations
Your Orlando vacation is not complete without a trip to Kennedy Space Center.
Just 45 minutes from popular Orlando attractions and theme parks is NASA’s launch headquarters – the only place on Earth where you can tour launch areas, meet an Astronaut, see giant rockets, train in spaceflight simulators, and even view a launch.
Experience more on your vacation to Orlando with a daytrip to Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, where the sky isn't the limit - it's just the beginning.
www.kennedyspacecenter.com   (94 words)

  
 Cinephiles Discussion Forums: 1969: Woodstock versus Moon Launch
Cape Kennedy: These people were not a stampeding herd or a manipulated mob.
Kennedy's dream of a man walking on the Moon was realized, but his effort to stay out of a stupid war wasn't accomplished.
When I stood in front of a Saturn V rocket at the cape a few years ago, I was filled with emotion.
www.cinephiles.net /discuss/messages/3495/3748.html?997819790   (4497 words)

  
 Film Guide - State Archives of Florida
This home movie has scenes of both Florida and New York.  It begins with New York in 1944, showing a cigarette billboard displaying the face of a member of the armed forces with smoke coming out of his mouth.  Todd Dekle is standing on a busy street.
This is an interview with Florida Secretary of State Candidate Beverly Dozier aboard her campaign vehicle.
This film is composed of performance clips from the 1958 Florida Folk Festival held at the Stephen Foster Memorial in White Springs, Florida.
fpc.dos.state.fl.us /memory/PhotographicCollection/filmguide.cfm   (13582 words)

  
 Waterfront lot in Cape Coral
The City of Cape Coral is 114 square miles, one of the largest cities, geographically, in the state of Florida.
Cape Coral is located on Florida's beautiful Gulf Coast between Sarasota and Marco Island.
The city is serviced by two airports: Southwest Florida Regional Airport (located about 25 minutes away in Ft. Myers) and Page Field (just across the Veteran’s Memorial Parkway Bridge).
www.usa-home.com /cape.htm   (323 words)

  
 kennedy space center visitors center
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 Untitled Document   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In November 1960, John Kennedy defeated Eisenhower's Vice President, Richard Nixon, by a narrow margin, in part by emphasizing a "missile gap" that did not exist.
In the popular history of spaceflight, President Dwight Eisenhower is frequently relegated to the dark ages before the United States got moving and conquered the Moon.
However, when Kennedy took charge in January 1961, the organizational apparatus and technology programs that made possible the spectacular events of NASA's first decade were already in place.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/monograph10/denoument.html   (826 words)

  
 Travel to Kennedy Space Center with Southpoint.com
For the history buffs, another interesting tour to see is "Cape Canaveral: Then and Now", which visits the sites of the beginnings of America's manned space program.
There is also a Mercury memorial, and a trip to the Cape Canaveral lighthouse, which was built in 1868.
The Kennedy Space Center is surrounded by the 140,000-acre Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, and uses only five percent of the area.
www.southpoint.com /states/fl/kennedy2.htm   (200 words)

  
 Relocating and Moving to Cape Canaveral, Florida
The city of Cape Canaveral is bounded by Port Canaveral to the north and voAn by the Sea to the south.
Rich with history, Cape Canaveral is reportedly the oldest named place in the country.
Kennedy Space Center is located just north of the City of Cape Canaveral on State Road 3.
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 Information About the Kennedy Space Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Shortly after President John F. Kennedy announced bold plans in 1961 to fly American astronauts to the moon, Congress approved development of a strip of marsh and sandy scrub 34 miles long and between 5 to 10 miles wide on Florida's east coast, midway between Jacksonville and Miami.
By 1967, Complex 39 was operational, and the new space center was known as Cape Kennedy, Cape Canaveral, and the Cape.
Twelve manned and unmanned Saturn V/Apollo missions were launched from the Cape between 1967 and 1972, and in 1973 the Skylab space station was placed into high-circular orbit, followed by three-member crews aboard Saturns later that year.
www.ksc.nasa.gov /facts/about_ksc.html   (420 words)

  
 Arrrgh!!!: Name that Cape
When I was a teen, the place in Florida where NASA sent up manned rockets was known as "Cape Kennedy." On November 28, 1963, President Lyndon Johnson renamed the NASA facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida, after President Kennedy, who had been assassinated six days earlier.
In 1973, Florida governor Reuben Askew signed a Florida statute requiring that Cape Kennedy be referred to as Cape Canaveral on all State of Florida official documents.
They felt that, if the USA wished to rename it's "space port", to honor President Kennedy's committment to putting a man on the moon, they were free to do so; but, who in tarnation had the right to re-name a geographic feature.
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 Encyclopedia: Cape Kennedy, Florida
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 Blair Art Studios   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The winds have been blowing across the cape landscape since before recorded history.
The original painting is on display in the Visitor's Center, Cape Kennedy, Florida.
"Cape WInds" is carefully reproduced on Museum quality Archival Stock, each print is individually signed and inspected by the artist for color consistency and accuracy.
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 Francis Richard Dick Scobee, Lieutenant Colonel, United States Air Force
Some material from the shattered craft was reported to be washing ashore on Florida beaches tonight, mostly the small heat-shielding tiles that protect the shuttle as it passes through the earth's atmosphere.
Long before liftoff this morning, skies over the Kennedy Space Center were clear and cold, reporters and tourists shivering in leather gloves, knit hats and down coats as temperatures hovered in the low 20's.
The explosion, later viewed in slow-motion televised replays taken by cameras equipped with telescopic lenses, showed what appeared to be the start of a small fire at the base of the huge external fuel tank, followed by the quick separation of the solid rockets.
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 Explorer Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The satellite instrumentation of Explorer-I was designed and built by Dr. James Van Allen of the State University of Iowa.
The satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral (now Cape Kennedy) in Florida at 10:48 P.M. EST on 31 January 1958 by the Jupiter-C vehicle--a special modification of the Redstone ballistic missile--that was designed, built, and launched by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) under the direction of Dr. Wernher Von Braun.
Jupiter-C, a direct descendant of the German A-4 (V-2) rocket, was originally developed in 1955-1956 as a high-performance rocket for testing purposes.
www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/sputnik/expinfo.html   (1334 words)

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