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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is a detachment of the 45th Space Wing , at nearby Patrick Air Force Base; located on Cape Canaveral in the State of Florida, CCAFS is the primary Launch Head of the Eastern Range....
 Launch Complex 5 (LC-5) was a Launch Site
List of Merritt Island launch sites

Merritt Island, Florida, off the eastern coast of Florida, is home to two spaceports, servicing several launch sites for rockets....
 at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish language Cabo Ca?averal, is a headlands and bays in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic Ocean coast 45 minutes East of Orlando by car....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. The site was used for various Redstone
Redstone (rocket)

First launched in 1953, the United States Redstone rocket was a direct descendant of the German V-2 rocket. Redstone was used for the first live nuclear missile tests by the United States....
 and Jupiter launches.

It is most well known as the launch site for NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
s Mercury-Redstone 3
Mercury-Redstone 3

Mercury-Redstone 3 was a United States Mercury program manned space mission launched on May 5, 1961 using a Redstone , from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida....
 flight, which made Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. was the second person and the first United States in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the List of Apollo astronauts....
 the first American in space. It was also the launch site of Gus Grissom
Gus Grissom

Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force Aviator....
’s Mercury-Redstone 4
Mercury-Redstone 4

Mercury-Redstone 4 was a Project Mercury manned space mission launched on July 21, 1961 using a Redstone .Its capsule was named Liberty Bell 7 and performed a Sub-orbital spaceflight flight piloted by astronaut Virgil Grissom....
 flight.






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Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

The Cape Canaveral Air Force Station is a detachment of the 45th Space Wing , at nearby Patrick Air Force Base; located on Cape Canaveral in the State of Florida, CCAFS is the primary Launch Head of the Eastern Range....
 Launch Complex 5 (LC-5) was a Launch Site
List of Merritt Island launch sites

Merritt Island, Florida, off the eastern coast of Florida, is home to two spaceports, servicing several launch sites for rockets....
 at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral
Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, from the Spanish language Cabo Ca?averal, is a headlands and bays in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that state's Atlantic Ocean coast 45 minutes East of Orlando by car....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. The site was used for various Redstone
Redstone (rocket)

First launched in 1953, the United States Redstone rocket was a direct descendant of the German V-2 rocket. Redstone was used for the first live nuclear missile tests by the United States....
 and Jupiter launches.

It is most well known as the launch site for NASA
NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
s Mercury-Redstone 3
Mercury-Redstone 3

Mercury-Redstone 3 was a United States Mercury program manned space mission launched on May 5, 1961 using a Redstone , from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida....
 flight, which made Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard

Alan Bartlett Shepard, Jr. was the second person and the first United States in space. He later commanded the Apollo 14 mission, and was the List of Apollo astronauts....
 the first American in space. It was also the launch site of Gus Grissom
Gus Grissom

Virgil Ivan Grissom, more widely known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force Aviator....
’s Mercury-Redstone 4
Mercury-Redstone 4

Mercury-Redstone 4 was a Project Mercury manned space mission launched on July 21, 1961 using a Redstone .Its capsule was named Liberty Bell 7 and performed a Sub-orbital spaceflight flight piloted by astronaut Virgil Grissom....
 flight. The Mercury-Redstone 1
Mercury-Redstone 1

Mercury program-Redstone rocket 1 was launched on November 21, 1960 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida....
 “Flight”, Mercury-Redstone 1A
Mercury-Redstone 1A

Mercury program-Redstone rocket 1A was launched on December 19, 1960 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida....
, and Mercury-Redstone 2
Mercury-Redstone 2

Mercury program-Redstone rocket 2 was a rocket mission, launched at 16:55 UTC on January 31, 1961 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 5 at Cape Canaveral, Florida....
, with Ham
Ham the Chimp

Ham , also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first Great ape launched into outer space. Ham's name is an acronym for the lab that prepared him for his historic mission ? the Holloman Aerospace Medical Center, located at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico....
 aboard, also used LC-5.

A total of twenty-three launches (sixteen Redstone and seven Jupiter) were made from LC-5. The first launch from this complex was July 19, 1956, and the final launch was Gus Grissom's Liberty Bell 7 capsule on July 21, 1961.

Launch Complex 5 is currently a museum, and a tour of the blockhouse can be arranged through the Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center

The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center on Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard County, Florida, United States....
 Visitor Center. All original equipment used to launch the Mercury-Redstone rockets is on display in the blockhouse.

As of 2009, the only means for the general public to access the Launch Complex 5 museum (and the nearby Air Force Space & Missile Museum
Air Force Space & Missile Museum

The Air Force Space & Missile Museum is located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It houses artifacts from the early space program and includes an outdoor rocket garden displaying vintage rockets, missiles and space related equipment....
) is through a Cape Canaveral "Then and Now" tour originating from the Kennedy Space Center
Kennedy Space Center

The John F. Kennedy Space Center is the NASA space vehicle launch facility and Launch Control Center on Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard County, Florida, United States....
 Visitor Complex. Only one tour is run daily, so the number of visitors is limited by the size of the tour.

See also

  • Air Force Space & Missile Museum
    Air Force Space & Missile Museum

    The Air Force Space & Missile Museum is located at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It houses artifacts from the early space program and includes an outdoor rocket garden displaying vintage rockets, missiles and space related equipment....
  • List of Merritt Island launch sites
    List of Merritt Island launch sites

    Merritt Island, Florida, off the eastern coast of Florida, is home to two spaceports, servicing several launch sites for rockets....
  • Merritt Island
  • Project Mercury
    Project Mercury

    Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States. It ran from 1959 through 1963 with the goal of putting a human in orbit around the Earth....
  • Jupiter
  • Redstone
    Redstone (rocket)

    First launched in 1953, the United States Redstone rocket was a direct descendant of the German V-2 rocket. Redstone was used for the first live nuclear missile tests by the United States....


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