A History of the Kennedy Space Center

by Orville R Butler, Kenneth J. Lipartito, Orville R. Butler

Book Overview

This first comprehensive history of the Kennedy Space Center, NASA's famous launch facility located at Cape Canaveral, Florida, reveals the vital but largely unknown work that takes place before the rocket is lit. Though the famous Vehicle Assembly Building and launch pads dominate the flat Florida landscape at Cape Canaveral and attract 1.5 million people each year to its visitor complex, few members of the public are privy to what goes on there...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813030692
• ISBN13: 9780813030692
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"