مركز كندي للفضاء

Coordinates: 28°31′27″N 80°39′03″W / 28.52417°N 80.65083°W / 28.52417; -80.65083
هذا المقال هو عن the NASA launch facility located on Merritt Island. إذا كنت تريد the site of other launch facilities once known as "Cape Kennedy"، انظر Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
John F. Kennedy Space Center
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Clockwise from the top: Vehicle Assembly Building, Shuttle Landing Facility, Launch Control Center, Visitor Complex, KSC Headquarters Building and Crew Dragon Endeavour on Pad 39A
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KSC shown in white; CCSFS in green
الاختصارKSC
مسماة على اسمJohn F. Kennedy
التشكل1 يوليو 1962; منذ 62 سنة (1962-07-01
النوعNASA facility
الموقع
الإحداثيات28°31′27″N 80°39′03″W / 28.52417°N 80.65083°W / 28.52417; -80.65083
Official language
English
المالكNASA
Director
Janet E. Petro[1]
الميزانية
US$329 million[2][معلومات قديمة] (2020)
الطاقم
10,479[2][note 1][معلومات قديمة] (2020)
الموقع الإلكترونيwww.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html
الاسم السابق
Launch Operations Center
[3]
جزء من سلسلة عن
برنامج الفضاء الأمريكي
NASA logo.svgUnited States Space Force logo.svg
برامج الارتياد البشري للفضاء
برامج الارتياد الروبوتي للفضاء
رواد الفضاء من ناسا
الموانئ الفضائية
Eastern Range
مركبات الإطلاق إلى الفضاء
فضاء الأمن الوطني
الفضاء المدني
صناعة الفضاء التجارية

The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers. Since December 1968, KSC has been NASA's primary launch center of human spaceflight. Launch operations for the Apollo, Skylab and Space Shuttle programs were carried out from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 and managed by KSC.[4] Located on the east coast of Florida, KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). The management of the two entities work very closely together, share resources and operate facilities on each other's property.

Though the first Apollo flights and all Project Mercury and Project Gemini flights took off from the then-Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the launches were managed by KSC and its previous organization, the Launch Operations Directorate.[5][6] Starting with the fourth Gemini mission, the NASA launch control center in Florida (Mercury Control Center, later the Launch Control Center) began handing off control of the vehicle to the Mission Control Center in Houston, shortly after liftoff; in prior missions it held control throughout the entire mission.[7][8]

Additionally, the center manages launch of robotic and commercial crew missions and researches food production and In-Situ Resource Utilization for off-Earth exploration.[9] Since 2010, the center has worked to become a multi-user spaceport through industry partnerships,[10] even adding a new launch pad (LC-39C) in 2015.

There are about 700 facilities and buildings grouped across the center's 144,000 acres (580 km2).[11] Among the unique facilities at KSC are the 525-foot (160 m) tall Vehicle Assembly Building for stacking NASA's largest rockets, the Launch Control Center, which conducts space launches at KSC, the Operations and Checkout Building, which houses the astronauts dormitories and suit-up area, a Space Station factory, and a 3-mile (4.8 km) long Shuttle Landing Facility. There is also a Visitor Complex open to the public on site.


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See also


Notes

  1. ^ Number includes commercial tenants.

References

Citations

  1. ^ Kennedy Space Center gets first woman director, Janet Petro, after Bob Cabana promoted to NASA.
  2. ^ أ ب 2020 Kennedy Space Center Annual Report (PDF). NASA. 2020. pp. 60, 58. Retrieved أبريل 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "Kennedy Business Report" (PDF). Annual Report FY2010. NASA. فبراير 2011. Retrieved أغسطس 22, 2011.
  4. ^ "Kennedy Space Center Implementing NASA's Strategies" (PDF). NASA. 2000. Retrieved نوفمبر 5, 2015.
  5. ^ "Appendix 10 – Government Organizations Supporting Project Mercury". NASA History Program Office. NASA. Retrieved نوفمبر 6, 2015.
  6. ^ "2. Project Support from the NASA Centers". Mercury Project Summary (NASA SP-45). NASA. Retrieved نوفمبر 6, 2015.
  7. ^ "Mercury Mission Control". NASA. Retrieved نوفمبر 6, 2015.
  8. ^ Lipartito, Kenneth; Butler, Orville (2007). 'A History of the Kennedy Space Center. University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3069-2.
  9. ^ "Research & Technology". Kennedy Space Center. NASA. مارس 3, 2015. Retrieved نوفمبر 5, 2015.
  10. ^ "NASA Partnerships Launch Multi-User Spaceport". NASA. مايو 1, 2014. Retrieved نوفمبر 5, 2015.
  11. ^ "Kennedy Creating New Master Plan". NASA. مارس 12, 2012. Retrieved نوفمبر 5, 2015.

Sources

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External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Cape Canaveral.


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