Kennedy Space Center

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NASA spaceport space launch facility spaceport

Kennedy Space Center is NASA’s primary launch complex for human spaceflight and robotic missions, located on Florida’s Atlantic coast.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex 4
NASA Kennedy Space Center 4
John F. Kennedy Space Center 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf NASA spaceport ⓘ
space launch facility ⓘ
spaceport ⓘ
adjacentTo Cape Canaveral ⓘ
surface form: Cape Canaveral Space Force Station
continent North America ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
formerlyKnownAs Launch Operations Center ⓘ
hasBuilding Launch Control Center Firing Rooms ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalDesignation wildlife refuge areas ⓘ
hasExhibit Space Shuttle Atlantis exhibit ⓘ
hasFacility Kennedy Space Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

Launch Control Center ⓘ
NASA Causeway ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
surface form: Shuttle Landing Facility

Vehicle Assembly Building ⓘ
hasLaunchSite Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
surface form: Launch Complex 39A

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
surface form: Launch Complex 39B

Launch Complex 39C ⓘ
hasMuseum Kennedy Space Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
hasPad Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A ⓘ
surface form: Launch Pad 39A

Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B ⓘ
surface form: Launch Pad 39B
hasRunway Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility ⓘ
surface form: Shuttle Landing Facility runway
hasTransportationInfrastructure crawlerway ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter Kennedy Space Center self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
launchesTo geostationary orbit ⓘ
interplanetary trajectories ⓘ
low Earth orbit ⓘ
lunar trajectories ⓘ
locatedIn Brevard County ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Merritt Island ⓘ
locatedOn Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ
namedAfter John F. Kennedy ⓘ
near Cape Canaveral ⓘ
opened 1960s ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
ownedBy NASA ⓘ
partOf NASA ⓘ
primaryFunction human spaceflight launches ⓘ
robotic mission launches ⓘ
region Atlantic coast of Florida ⓘ
surface form: Space Coast of Florida
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
usedBy NASA ⓘ
commercial launch providers ⓘ
usedForProgram Apollo program ⓘ
Artemis program ⓘ
International Space Station missions ⓘ
NASA Space Shuttle program ⓘ
surface form: Space Shuttle program

Referenced by (63)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Launch Control Center Firing Rooms → locatedIn → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
NASA Causeway → locatedNear → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Port Canaveral → locatedNear → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Vehicle Assembly Building → location → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Cocoa Beach → near → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
NASA → operates → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B → partOf → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kennedy Space Center spaceport complex
Launch Complex 39C → partOf → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
NASA Causeway → providesAccessTo → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kennedy Space Center launch facilities
Launch Operations Center → renamedAs → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: John F. Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 1 → spaceCenter → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
NASA → usesLaunchSite → Kennedy Space Center ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39