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单词 Kennedy Space Center
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Kennedy Space Center

Astronomy
  • A   NASA establishment on Merritt Island at Cape Canaveral, Florida, responsible for launching manned and unmanned spacecraft. Launch facilities built for the Apollo Moon missions were modified for use by the Space Shuttle and are being modified again for future manned missions. KSC is adjacent to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, where the launch pads for unmanned rockets are located. Cape Canaveral began operation as a missile test centre in 1950. KSC opened on its present site in 1965.

    http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html Official website.


Space Exploration
  • A NASA launch site on Merritt Island, near Cape Canaveral, Florida, used for Apollo project and space shuttle launches. It was established in 1962 and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2002. The first Apollo flight to land on the Moon (1969) and Skylab, the first orbiting laboratory (1973), were launched from the site. In 2003, it launched the two spacecraft of the Mars Exploration Rover mission.

    The centre, named after US president John F. Kennedy, is dominated by the Vehicle Assembly Building, 160 m tall, used for assembling Saturn rockets and space shuttles. The centre is in charge of the checkout, launch, and landing of shuttles. Robert (Bob) Cabana, a former NASA astronaut and veteran of four space shuttle flights, is currently serving as the Center’s director.

    https://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/home/index.html Latest news and information about space shuttle and rocket launches, progress on the International Space Station, development of spaceport technology, and other activities at the Kennedy Space Center. There are plentiful textual and multimedia resources, including a space flight archive profiling crewed space programmes and an excellent history of space flight.


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