Cape Canaveral
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| Locations | Florida |
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| United States | |
| Elevation | 103 |
| Offshore water bodies | Atlantic Ocean |
| Did you know | Cape Canaveral, known as the Space Coast, has been a rocket launching site since 1949. |
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| ID | 1400724 |
About Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish Cabo Cañaveral, is a cape in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of the state's Atlantic coast. Known as Cape Kennedy from 1963 to 1973, it lies east of Merritt Island, separated from it by the Banana River.
Nasa's Artemis Moon rocket lifts off Earth
...By Jonathan AmosBBC Science CorrespondentThe American space agency Nasa has launched its most powerful ever rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida...
Boeing's Starliner astronaut capsule launches on test flight
... Called Starliner, the vehicle left Cape Canaveral Space Force Station atop an Atlas rocket on a mission to showcase how it can ferry human crews to and from the International Space Station...
Alan Shepard: Bezos space company sends first US astronaut's daughter to space
... Ms Shepard Churchley s father, who died in 1998, became the first American in space after his Mercury flight took off from Florida s Cape Canaveral on 5 May 1961...
The U. S. Space Force launches the first national security mission
...The United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida...
To practice the SpaceX emergency crew capsule escape
... This will bring the capsule to a gentle splashdown about 30km outside of Cape Canaveral, where a rescue team waiting to get it back...
SpaceX sends 60 more Starlink-satellite in orbit
... The latest platforms went up on a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida...
Boeing launches Starliner capsule to ISS for Nasa
... It was aboard an Atlas rocket which took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida...
News Daily: British EU exit vote, and Boeing space test
... It is on the top of an Atlas rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 11:36 GMT, and, if all goes well, should people in the world room to wear next year...
