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	John F. Kennedy Space Center
		The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is the NASA space vehicle launch facility at Cape Canaveral on Merritt Island[?] in Florida, United States.
		It was renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center in December 1963, after the recently assassinated president John F. Kennedy.
		KSC was also the launch site for the Space Shuttle, reusing the Complex 39 Apollo infrastructure, as well as the landing site, with a 4.6 km runway built as the Shuttle Landing Facility.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ks/KSC.html (930 words)

	Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		JSC, then called simply the "Manned Spacecraft Center," was opened in 1961 and subsequently renamed the "Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center" in 1973, the year Johnson died.
		The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC), located in the Clear Lake area of southeast Houston, Texas, is NASA's center for human spaceflight.
		NASA's center in Houston has its origins in legislation shepherded to enactment in 1958 by then-U.S. Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson, who was from Texas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson_Space_Center (326 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Mission Archive
		Spacelab Mission Operations Control at the Marshall Space Flight Center reported the second United States Microgravity Payload (USMP-2) completed yet another day of successful operations in orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia.
		Activities in the Mission Control Center focused on preparing, reviewing and uplinking messages outlining changes to the crew's scheduled activities for flight day eleven in space.
		Commander John Casper is a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, Pilot Andrew M. Allen is a major in the U.S. Marine Corps, Mission Specialist Sam Gemar is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, and Mission Specialist Pierre Thuot is a commander in the U.S. Navy.
	www.stsliftoff.com /missionarchive/sts62.htm (6852 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center MPS -- Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		The planning and directing of space vehicle assembly, preflight preparation, spacecraft tests, countdown and launch operations and landing operations are among a few of the responsibilities of John F. Kennedy Space Center.
		John F. Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida has historically functioned as the major National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launch facility for manned and unmanned space missions.
		John F. Kennedy Space Center Multiple Property Submission is located on the east coast of Florida approximately midway between Jacksonville and Miami.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/jfk.htm (547 words)

	America's Space Program: Exploring a New Frontier
		The lesson is based on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and properties located at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, and the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
		The men watching their computer screens at the Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center (now the Johnson Space Center) in Texas seemed calm, but their hearts must have been beating a bit faster than normal.
		Several hundred thousand people had converged on the Kennedy Space Center on July 16, 1969, to view the launch of the Saturn V rocket that would propel Apollo 11 to the Moon.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/101space/101space.htm (276 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Visitors Complex
		Now, The John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merrit Island is where NASA operates and Launches Space Shuttles from.
		Seven days after President John F. Kennedy was shot and killed in 1963 the whole Cape Canaveral Air Station was re-named to Cape Kennedy.
		At the end of your tour, you can visit the International Space Station complex where the various modules are being prepared for launch (at least the ones that America is sending up).
	www.geocities.com /rbt_kraisee/Kennedy.html (1652 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Launch Simulation Text Only Page
		John F. Kennedy Space Center - Shuttle Launch Simulation Text Only Page
		The MLP rainbirds are 12 feet high, the center two are 42 inches in diameter while the other four are 30 inches in diameter.
		This is an interactive simulation of the launching of the Space Shuttle.
	imedia.ksc.nasa.gov /shuttlesim2/text2.htm (924 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center Museum/Attraction Review Cocoa Beach Frommers.com
		Kennedy Space Center acquired many of its exhibits and added them as a separate attraction at the KSC visitor center ($17 adults, $13 kids 3-11; or $37 adults and $27 kids for a 2-day Maximum Access Admission to the Center and the Hall of Fame).
		If you can't get into the space center, other good viewing spots are on the causeways leading to the islands and on U.S. 1 as it skirts the waterfront in Titusville.
		The Holiday Inn Riverside-Kennedy Space Center, on Washington Avenue (U.S. 1) in Titusville (tel.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/cocoabeach/A24851.html (1091 words)

	Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
		It was renamed the John F. Kennedy Space Center in November 1963, in honor of the slain president.
		NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center is America's premier gateway to the universe.
		Concurrently, NASA’s Launch Operations Directorate at Cape Canaveral, an element of the newly formed Marshall Space Flight Center, was elevated to independent status in July 1962 and renamed the Launch Operations Center.
	www.globalsecurity.org /space/facility/ksc.htm (544 words)

	NASA Management Instruction KMI 8610.4
		This Instruction is applicable to all organizational elements of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA (KSC) and to NASA/KSC contractors as expressed in the terms of their contracts.
		John F. Kennedy Space Center DATE June 2, 1995
		Space Vehicle Fragment: A fragment or component part of a space vehicle that has impacted upon the surface of the earth or washed up on a beach conceivably as a result of safety destruct actions, failure in flight, or reentry into the earth's atmosphere.
	www.cufon.org /cufon/kmi8610.htm (1281 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Apollo 13
		John F. Kennedy Space Center - Apollo 13
		The tank was fixed, tested at the factory, installed in the Apollo 13 service module, and tested again during the Countdown Demonstration Test (CDT) at the Kennedy Space Center beginning March 16, 1970.
		The temperature dropped to 38 F and condensation formed on all the walls.
	www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov /kscpao/history/apollo/apollo-13/apollo-13.htm (2297 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Mission Archive
		Discovery is scheduled to land at Florida's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility Saturday, firing its engines at 4:44 a.m.
		Live television pictures of the landing were transmitted to the Russian Mission Control Center in Kaliningrad, Russia, where flight controllers beamed them up to the three cosmonauts traveling aboard the Mir Space Station.
		As the spacewalk was beginning, Mission Specialist Janice E. Voss was using the robot arm to pluck the Spartan-204 satellite from orbit and secure it in the payload bay.
	www.stsliftoff.com /missionarchive/sts63.htm (4831 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Kennedy Space Center
		aerospace technologist technical management at john f kennedy space center (Cape Canaveral, FL)
		aerospace technologist safety and mission assurance at john f kennedy space center (Cape Canaveral, FL)
		Based at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., the NASA and USA joint team spent a day last month at Gulfstream's Savannah, Ga. aircraft manufacturing facility to benchmark the business jet manufacturer's safety practices with focus on FOD prevention.
	www.zoominfo.com /Search/CompanyDetail.aspx?CompanyID=21315857&cs=QEBRUERyA (292 words)

	KENNEDY SPACE CENTER
		Kennedy Space Center is working with other NASA centers to develop and apply obstacle-avoidance sensors and systems, multidegree-of-freedom robotic devices, intelligent control systems, inspection sensors and systems, and advanced software technologies for health monitoring and diagnosis.
		The Space Shuttle is NASA's first major program to have a long-term operational phase; however, all the major current and future human space flight programs--the International Space Station, the X-33 experimental reusable launch vehicle, and any lunar base or human space flight to Mars--are also projected to have lengthy operational phases.
		Nondestructive evaluation is important for inspecting and verifying space vehicles and their components during manufacture and to continue validating those items during assembly, launch, and on orbit.
	www.sti.nasa.gov /tto/spinoff1998/ard6.htm (1230 words)

	PARTNERSHIP LIFTS-OFF AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AND OTHER AGENCIES
		John F. Kennedy Space Center, represented by Ken Aguilar, Deputy Chief of Personnel, and Sandra Rayner, President of Local 2498 of the American Federation of Government Employees, also emphasized the advantages of working together, pointing to reorganization planning, performance appraisal revisions and employee outplacement programs as some of the primary achievements of their partnership.
		Washington, D.C. -- The John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida has become a launching pad for more than space shots: it is a leader in partnership activities between labor and management that have accounted for thoughtful implementation of agency reorganization plans and out placement programs for employees.
		Partnership activities of the space center and other federal agencies were highlighted during the National Partnership Council's June 13 meeting in Atlanta, Georgia.
	www.opm.gov /pressrel/1995/PR950620.htm (480 words)

	Kennedy Space Center
		Kennedy's Spaceport Technology Center (STC) initiative is an evolving component of Kennedy's dual mission in Space Launch Operations and Spaceport and Range Technologies.
		Kennedy also has product lines for "spaceport design and systems development," which test and integrate an array of component technologies in order to build and deploy an operational spaceport system.
		Kennedy teams focused their efforts on MEIT Phase II test planning and completed the first MEIT II test configuration involving a Kennedy-developed ground support U.S. Lab Emulator, additional power modules, and the Mobile Transporter.
	www.nasatech.com /Spinoff/spinoff2001/kennedy.html (941 words)

	History of Cape Canaveral 1959-Present
		Kennedy Space Center Headquarters was formally opened on May 26, 1965 marking a milestone in the industrial area.
		Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama was selected to manage construction of the Saturn V rocket, the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas was selected to manage construction of the spacecraft and the Launch Operations Directorate (LOD) at Cape Canaveral was selected to manage overall integration, testing and launch.
		An announcement by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961 that the U.S. would send men to the Moon and return then safely to Earth by the close of the 1960's forced NASA to settle on one launch method and construct its new launch facilities as soon as possible.
	www.spaceline.org /capehistory/3a.html (2812 words)

	Oral History
		They are meant to contribute to a more complete understanding of John F. Kennedy's life, of his Presidency, and of the major events and personalities of his time.
		Member, John F. Kennedy's Presidential campaign staff (1960); Ambassador to Guinea (1961-63).
		In a similar manner, to supplement the personal papers of Robert F. Kennedy, the collection includes a series of interviews on his career, concentrating on his role as Attorney General of the United States, Senator from New York, and candidate for the Presidency in 1968.
	www.cs.umb.edu /~serl/jfk/oralhist.htm (5251 words)

	National Environmental Policy Act: International Space Research Park at the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Florida SpaceRef - Your Space Reference
		KSC is a major center within NASA for the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS) activities and is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) from which many NASA missions are launched.
		(j) NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 (301-286-0730);
		As a center for R&D, the ISRP would bring together a dynamic mix of industry, academia, and government researchers to focus their combined strengths in areas of R&D critical to the long-term success of NASA and its partners, including, but not limited to, the FSA.
	www.spaceref.com /news/viewsr.html?pid=11669 (3833 words)

	NASA - Kennedy Space Center - America's Spaceport
		The Kennedy Space Center has hosted millions of guests from around the world for more than 30 years.
		On July 1, 1962, Kennedy Space Center was designated the Launch Operations Center, beginning more than four decades of excellence for America's premier spaceport.
		Explore Kennedy's searchable database of hundreds of videos and thousands of photographs in multiple resolutions to fit your viewing needs.
	www.nasa.gov /centers/kennedy/home (148 words)

	Spatial Quantification of Historic Landscape Change WithinTwo Study Sites on John F. Kennedy Space Center
		Historical changes in a scrubby flatwoods (Tel-4) and a scrub landscape (Happy Creek) on John F. Kennedy Space Center were measured using aerial images from 1943, 1951, 1958, 1969, 1979, and 1989.
		Kennedy Space Center is one of the three remaining population cores for the Florida Scrub-Jay (Fitzpatrick et al.
		Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is now 57,000 ha in size, which is considered extensive enough to provide surrounding communities protection from launch operations.
	gis.esri.com /library/userconf/proc96/TO50/PAP022/P22.HTM (4222 words)

	Shuttle risk level acceptable, NASA says - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Science - News
		Discovery is scheduled to liftoff from John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 3:51 p.m.
		Two and a half years after the Columbia space shuttle disaster grounded the US manned space program, NASA plans to launch seven astronauts into orbit tomorrow in a more than $1 billion effort to restore the nation's faith in space travel and solidify the program's international reputation.
		Since the Columbia tragedy, China has sent an astronaut into space, sparking worries of space races and prompting a desire to solidify the US role as the leader in manned space travel.
	www.boston.com /news/science/articles/2005/07/12/shuttle_risk_level_acceptable_nasa_says (955 words)

	Roy Bridges, Jr.
		Bridges became the Director of NASA's John F. Kennedy space Center in 1997.
		He is responsible for managing all NASA facilities and activities at the Kennedy Space Center related to processing and launch of the Space Shuttle, integration of NASA payloads, and final development and preparations of International Space Station elements to be flown aboard the shuttle.
		Bridges was selected as an astronaut candidate by NASA in 1980, and piloted the Space Shuttle Challenger on STS-51F, and the Spacelab 2 mission, completing 126 orbits.
	construction-institute.org /ac2000_reg/bios/bridges.htm (374 words)

	U.S. Group "OPERATION MOONSHOT" Hosts Vietnam's U.N. Ambassador on Tour of John F. Kennedy Space Center (13JUL2004) - Hanoi, Vietnam
		Nguyen Thanh Huong, ll participated with other ERAU administrative and faculty guests in a VIP NASA tour of the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Monday, July 12th.
		An additional tour was scheduled at the world-famous EPCOT Center (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) at Disney World in Orlando on July 10th, 2004, sponsored by the US Operation Moonshot Group.
		"Operation Moonshot: An American and Vietnamese Journey from War to Peace to Space" is an educational project of reconciliation and cooperation between citizens, veteran writers, pilots, space explorers, and U.S. and Vietnamese diplomats.
	hanoi.usembassy.gov /pr071304.html (348 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center
		NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) has played a pivotal role in NASA's mission, having been the departure site for the first human journey to the moon; the starting point for hundreds of scientific, commercial, and applications spacecraft; and as the base for Space Shuttle launch and landing operations.
		Headquarters is the administrative center for all spaceport activities, including the center director’s office.
		Keith Glennan was sworn in as the first administrator of NASA on Aug. 19, and on Oct. 1, the new agency began operation with the mission to perform civilian research related to space flight and aeronautics.
	history.nasa.gov /centerhistories/kennedy.htm (701 words)

	The John F. Kennedy Space Center
		We didn't have the courage to come here; we had confidence in you and pride in America and a conviction that our space program is good for the United States and good for the world.
		And now they will learn over the next few days all the things that are being done in space that advance not only our mission in space but the quality of our life here on Earth.
		But among other things, I have to thank you for making the First Lady very happy, because about a year ago she said, you know, we need to make a list of all the things we want to do before we leave office.
	clinton4.nara.gov /WH/New/html/19981029-20326.html (212 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Picture 15 of 17
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		John F. Kennedy Space Center - Picture 15 of 17
		Launch pad 39-A. This is as close to the launch pad as you can get during a launch.
	www.computer-chair-traveler.org /jfk_15.html (53 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center - Surplus Property Sales Program
		John F. Kennedy Space Center - Surplus Property Sales Program
		Sales are held at the Reutilization, Recycling and Marketing Facility (RRMF) on Ransom Road, off State Road 3 at Kennedy Space Center, Fl.
		Each year the National Aeronautics and Space Administration generates millions of dollars worth of surplus personal property that is no longer needed by the U.S. Government.
	surplus.ksc.nasa.gov (176 words)

	Corporate/Industrial Athletic Training at the John F. Kennedy Space Center
		Mary K. Kirkland, ATC/L, CSCS, a Bionetics employee at the John F. Kennedy Space Center for the past 11 years, developed and now supervises the Kennedy Space Center RehabWorks.
		This on-site facility provides for the evaluation, treatment and rehabilitation of the nearly 15,000 employees at the Kennedy Space Center and the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
		In this session, you will learn about corporate/industrial athletic training and the industrial athlete, the development and operation of a corporate/industrial athletic training facility, analysis of program metrics and an audiovisual experience of the workings at the Kennedy Space Center.
	aahperd.confex.com /aahperd/2001/finalprogram/session_4669.htm (166 words)

	John F. Kennedy Space Center
		Kennedy Space Center is acceptable in all references.
		Located in Cape Canaveral, Fla., it is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s principal launch site for manned spacecraft.
	www.dinfos.osd.mil /2004_APStyle/John_F_Kennedy_Space_Ce.html (27 words)

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