KSC

Here's the shuttle (before it blasted into outer space.) :-)

You can't see the the whole shuttle because of the rotating service structure which protects the shuttle from dust and other contaminants from entering it before the launch.

Below is a model of the shuttle and service structures. Before the launch the rotating shuttle structure swings away from the shuttle .

The photo below is of the equipment they used during the launch of a the Saturn V during the Apollo 8 mission. This was a very cool presentation. They basically recreated the launch and we experienced it from inside the control room.


This is the Saturn V rocket. It is huge!

This photo illustrates, how huge . . .

As tall as 40 tour buses, two shuttles, or two Statues of Liberty.


This was back at the KSC visitor center. It is a rocket garden. If I remember correctly, only one of these rockets was manned.

Tomorrow the last of my Florida trip: the shuttle launch!