NASA, John F. Kennedy Space Center, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. County/parish: Brevard.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 21, 2000. NRIS 99001638.
9 contributing buildings. 15 contributing structures.Also known as:
Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A) is the first of Launch Complex 39's three launch pads, located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Florida. The pad, along with Launch Complex 39B, was built in the 1960s to accommodate the Saturn V launch vehicle, and has been used to support NASA crewed space flight missions, including the historic Apollo 11 moon landing and the Space Shuttle. Since 2014 the site has been leased by SpaceX and supports launches of the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy rockets.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77840976