Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, a range of bus tours of the spaceport, and the Shuttle Launch Experience, a simulated ride into space. It also encompasses the separate Apollo/...
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Museum of Dinosaurs and Ancient Cultures, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
The Museum of Dinosaurs and Ancient Cultures is located at 250 West Cocoa Beach Causeway, Cocoa Beach, Florida. The planned 20,000 square-foot museum will contain two floors of exhibits on dinosaurs and ancient human cultures. The museum is estimated to cost approximately $3.7 million to create and is scheduled to open in mid 2015.
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Kennedy Space Center, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is one of ten National Aeronautics and Space Administration field centers, and is NASA's Center of Excellence for launch and payload processing systems. Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS). The management of the two entities work very closely...
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Palm Bay, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
Palm Bay is a bay located in Palm Bay, Florida, United States and is bordered to the South by the Palm Bay Pointe peninsula. It is an estuary of Indian River and Turkey Creek drains into Palm Bay. Pioneers initially settled in Palm Bay as they moved into the area in the late 19th century and the city of Palm Bay received its name from this bay...
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Cocoa Beach, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
Cocoa Beach is a city in Brevard County, Florida. The population was 11,231 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
The first non-native settlement in the area was by a family of freed slaves following the American Civil War. In 1888, a group...
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Sebastian Inlet State Park, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
Sebastian Inlet State Park is a Florida State Park located 10 miles south of Melbourne Beach and 6 miles north of Vero Beach, Florida. The park lies on both sides of the Sebastian Inlet, which forms the boundary between Brevard and Indian River counties. The land for the park was acquired by the state of Florida in 1971. In 2010, it was the second...
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US Space Walk of Fame, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
The US Space Walk of Fame is an outdoor plaza on the Indian River in Titusville, Florida, honoring both the astronauts and the NASA and contractor personnel who made American manned space exploration possible. Its monuments surrounding a pool are dedicated to the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. A nearby museum houses related...
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Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
The Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum is located at the Space Coast Regional Airport, 6600 Tico Road, in Brevard County, just south of Titusville, Florida. The VAC contains vintage aircraft and a 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) hangar with a restoration area. The VAC also has a Memorabilia Hall with flight gear, dress uniforms, weapons and...
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Brevard Zoo, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
Brevard Zoo is a 75 acres (30 ha) not-for-profit facility located in Melbourne, Florida, United States that is home to more than 650 animals representing more than 165 species from Florida, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia. The zoo features animal feedings, kayak tours, paddle boats in the wetlands, behind-the-scene tours, and a...
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United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, Port Canaveral, Florida, USA
The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, located just south of Titusville, Florida, honored American astronauts and featured the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been inducted into the Hall; as well as Sigma 7, the fifth manned Mercury spacecraft. Along with Sigma 7, outside of the...
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