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National Register of Historic Places in Brevard County, Florida

  • Operations and Checkout BuildingThe five-story structure stands on Merritt Island, Florida, within the Industrial Area of NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Construction finished in 1964 to…
  • Cape Canaveral Space Force StationThe first rocket to leave the ground at Cape Canaveral was a Bumper V-2 on the 24th of July 1950. This launch marked the beginning of decades of military and…
  • Vehicle Assembly BuildingOn the 2nd of August 1963, construction crews drove the first steel foundation pile into the Florida bedrock. This single action marked the beginning of a…
  • Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39In 1948, the Navy transferred the former Banana River Naval Air Station to the Air Force for testing captured German V-2 rockets.
  • Kennedy Space CenterIn 1962, NASA began buying land on Merritt Island to build a new launch center. The agency needed about 88,000 acres for its ambitious lunar program.
  • Launch Control CenterThe Rocco A. Petrone Launch Control Center stands as a four-story building on Merritt Island, Florida. It sits at NASA's Kennedy Space Center to manage…