The National Register listings at the John F. The planning and directing of space vehicle assembly, preflight preparation, spacecraft tests, countdown and launch operations and landing operations are among a few of the responsibilities of John F. Kennedy Space Center launches manned space vehicles, unmanned planetary spacecraft, scientific, meteorological and communications satellites and serves as a launch site for the reusable Space Shuttle. Today as the leading space center, John F. Following the loss of the Challenger and its crew on January 28, 1986, the program experienced a 32-month hiatus. By 1986, NASA was approaching a goal of 12 to 13 shuttle launches each year. Kennedy Space Center on April 12, 1981, carrying John Young and Robert Crippen. The first reusable space shuttle lifted off from John F. The Space Shuttle program was dedicated to creating a reusable shuttle. Photo courtesy of NASA-the first launch of the space shuttle, April 12, 1981 Space Shuttle Columbia liftoff from Complex 39A-the first launch of the space shuttle, April 12, 1981 Michael Collins, navigator of the Apollo craft, remained in orbit. touched down on the moon in their lunar module on Jwhile Lt. Kennedy Space Center, Apollo 11 culminated when astronauts Neil A. After the first few Apollo missions, all originating at the John F. The goal of the Apollo program, the largest and most ambitious of the manned space programs, was landing astronauts on the moon and their safe return to earth. Project Gemini was dedicated to long-duration missions. Project Mercury, executed in less than five years, put a manned spacecraft in orbital flight around the earth. The space program proceeded rapidly, progressing through four major phases: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Space Shuttle. In 1961 NASA requested from Congress authority to purchase 125 square miles of property that became John F. However, when President Kennedy initiated the Man-to-the-Moon project, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was deemed insufficient to house further facilities. Kennedy Space Center, space missions originated from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida has historically functioned as the major National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launch facility for manned and unmanned space missions. A Space Shuttle on its Crawler Transporter after leaving the Vehicle Assembly Building VAB, September, 7, 1990
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