John F. Kennedy Space Center Click Image to Enlarge  (JPG) (1,342,586 bytes) ( 2,176 x 3,416 )

The John F. Kennedy Space Center, AmericaÔÇÖs spaceport, is located along FloridaÔÇÖs eastern shore on Cape Canaveral. Established as NASAÔÇÖs Launch Operations Center on July 1, 1962, the center has been the site for launching all U.S. human space flight missions, from the early days of Project Mercury to the space shuttle and the next generation of vehicles. In addition, the center is home to NASAÔÇÖs Launch Services Program, which coordinates all expendable vehicle launches carrying a NASA payload. This image was acquired on April 26, 2006, covers an area of 32.6 x 51.2 km, and is centered near 28.6 degrees north latitude, 80.6 degrees west longitude.