Launch Complex 19 - September 16th, 2007
KSC Visitor Center
Astronaut HOF
Launch Pads:
Mercury
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Gemini
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Apollo
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LC19 was the site of 12 Gemini missions (10 manned)
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The road to the pad is overgrown with brush
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View of the pad with rotting horizontal erector
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Side view of flame bucket
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Head on view of flame bucket, catching the blast
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Walking around to the other side of the pad
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View towards the direction of the blast
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Discover a sturdy concrete stairway
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A peek inside to new walls and paint
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40 years of island weather does alot of damage
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The Theodolite building tracked the launch
vehicle and determined its altitude
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Looking down the erector to the supports
used to bolt the Titan rocket to the pad
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Top view of rusted erector from a safe distance
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Downward view of water and rocket blast area
Historical Photos of Launch Complex 14
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The service erector is dropped to the horizontal position for launch
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Umbilical tower to the right and flame bucket
below the Titan/Gemini Rocket
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The final Gemini mission launches on 11/11/68
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. . . carrying Lovell & Aldrin aboard Gemini XII