Launch Complex 34 (Historic)
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Florida /
Cape Canaveral /
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/ USA
/ Florida
/ Cape Canaveral
World / United States / Florida
abandoned / shut down, interesting place, closed, rocket launch pad
Used to launch both the Saturn I and Saturn IB rockets, Pad 34 is also the site of the tragic Apollo 1 launch pad fire in January, 1967, killing Mercury & Gemini veteran Col. Gus Grissom (USAF), Gemini veteran Lt. Col. Edward H. White, III (USAF), the first American to walk in space, and rookie astronaut Lt. Comm. Roger Chaffee (USN). After the fire, the Saturn IB was taken down and reassembled at Pad 37 for the Apollo 5 mission (conducted in mid-1968) and a new Saturn IB, carrying the manned Apollo 7 mission under the command of Mercury and Gemini veteran Wally Schirra, occured in October, 1968, paving the way for Apollo test flight leading up to the lunar landing in 1969.
First launch: 27 October 1961
Last launch: 11 October 1968
Saturn I(Block-1): 4 Launches
Saturn IB: 3 Launches
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_204_Review_Board
First launch: 27 October 1961
Last launch: 11 October 1968
Saturn I(Block-1): 4 Launches
Saturn IB: 3 Launches
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_204_Review_Board
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 28°31'11"N 80°33'39"W
- Former site of Shiloh, Florida 41 km
- U.S. Air Force Malabar Transmitter Annex 56 km
- The Compound 64 km
- Former CF Bartow Phosphate Complex 154 km
- Ocean Boy Farms (closed) 231 km
- Former Runway, Imeson Airport 237 km
- former Turner AAF / Turner AFB 485 km
- West Leesburg Auxiliary Army Airfield 3 / Lee County Airport (Abandoned) 501 km
- Site of former Jackson County Airport 797 km
- Old Highway 90 bridge 831 km
- Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCAFS) 0.9 km
- Disconnected section of Banana River 2.5 km
- Disconnected section of Banana River 3.2 km
- Causeway between Canaveral Air Force Base and NASA Kennedy Space Center. 4.4 km
- ICBM Row (Part of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station) 4.6 km
- Banana River 4.6 km
- Launch Complex 36 (Blue Origin) 5.9 km
- Spoil Islands 7.7 km
- Banana River 8.9 km
- Kennedy Space Center 13 km
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCAFS)
Disconnected section of Banana River
Disconnected section of Banana River
Causeway between Canaveral Air Force Base and NASA Kennedy Space Center.
ICBM Row (Part of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station)
Banana River
Launch Complex 36 (Blue Origin)
Spoil Islands
Banana River
Kennedy Space Center