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John F. Kennedy Space Center
	Top to bottom, left to right: Vehicle Assembly Building, Space Shuttle Endeavour on Pad 39A, Shuttle Landing Facility, KSC Headquarters Building, Launch Control Center, and the Visitor Complex
	KSC shown in white; CCAFS in green
Abbreviation	KSC
Named after	John F. Kennedy
Formation	July 1, 1962; 62 years ago
Type	NASA facility
Location	Merritt Island, Florida;
Coordinates	28°31′27″N 80°39′03″W / 28.52417°N 80.65083°W
Official language	English
Owner	NASA
Director	Robert D. Cabana
Deputy director	Janet E. Petro
Budget (2010)	US$350 million
Staff (2011)	13,100
Website	www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html
Formerly called	Launch Operations Center

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The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is a spaceport in Merritt Island, Florida, USA. Since December 1968, Kennedy Space Center has been the main launch center of human spaceflight. The historical missions, for example Apollo, Space Shuttle, took off from this spaceport.

Facilities

There are about 700 facilities and buildings in the 580 square kilometers (144,000 acres) of KSC.^[2] The unique facilities of KSC are the 160-metre (525 ft) tall "Vehicle Assembly Building", the Launch Complex 39 (39A, 39B and 39C), the 5-kilometer (3-mile) long "Shuttle Landing Facility", the 4-storey tall "Launch Control Center", and the "Visitor Complex".

Vehicle Assembly Building

The Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) is the large building at KSC. It assemble large rockets, for example the Saturn V and the Space Shuttle. The future rocket Space Launch System (SLS) will also be assembled there.

Launch Complex 39

The Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch facility of KSC. The site was originally made for the Apollo program. Later, it was modified for the Space Shuttle program. As of 2017^[update], only Pad 39A is in use to launch SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Pad 39B is modifying for NASA's Space Launch System. The Pad 39C was added in 2015 for small rocket launches, although it is not in use.

Shuttle Landing Facility

The Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) is an airport of KSC. It was used for landing of the Space Shuttle until 2011. It is also used for take offs and landings for NASA airplanes, for example the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and some civilian airplanes.^[3]^[4]

Launch Control Center

The Launch Control Center (LCC) is a building at KSC. It controls the rocket launches from Launch Complex 39.

Visitor Complex

The Visitor Complex is the visitor center of KSC. It has exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, movies, and a bus tour of the KSC. As of 2016^[update], about 1,700,000 people visited the center.

Total launches

LC-39A launches
Launch vehicles	Launches
Saturn V	12
Space Shuttle	98
Falcon 9	15
Falcon Heavy	3

LC-39B launches
Launch vehicles	Launches
Saturn V	1
Saturn IB	4
Space Shuttle	37
Ares I	1

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References

↑ "Kennedy Business Report" (PDF). Annual Report FY2010. NASA. February 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
↑ "Kennedy Creating New Master Plan". NASA. March 12, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
↑ NASA (2007). "Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)". NASA. Retrieved November 7, 2007.
↑ NASA (2007). "Shuttle Landing 101". NASA. Retrieved November 7, 2007.

[1] "Kennedy Business Report" (PDF). Annual Report FY2010. NASA. February 2011. Retrieved August 22, 2011.

[Master_Plan_2012-2] "Kennedy Creating New Master Plan". NASA. March 12, 2012. Retrieved November 5, 2015.

[SLF-3] NASA (2007). "Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF)". NASA. Retrieved November 7, 2007.

[landing101-4] NASA (2007). "Shuttle Landing 101". NASA. Retrieved November 7, 2007.

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