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