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Merritt Island in the region of Florida with its 34,743 habitants is a place located in United States - some 745 mi or ( 1199 km ) South of Washington , the country's capital .
Local time in Merritt Island is now 01:08 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " America/New York " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Audubon, Cape Canaveral, Cocoa, Courtenay, and Fort Lauderdale. When in this area, you might want to check out Audubon . We discovered some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Merritt Island ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Shuttle Launch Experience
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STS-133 Landing
Discovery has completed its final mission, STS-133, for NASA's Space Shuttle Program landing on time at Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 11:57 am EST, March 9, 2011 after 202 orbits around Earth and ..
Construction Update for Space Shuttle Atlantis display at Kennedy Space Center
A look at the construction progress of the new home for the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis, which is being built at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Recorded by Don Gworek on July 14, 2012. S ..
Atlantis Reaches New Home at Kennedy
Space shuttle Atlantis completed its 10-mile journey to its new home at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Nov. 2, 2012. The shuttle, riding atop a specialized 76-wheel transporter, was moved ..
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Space Mirror Memorial
The Space Mirror Memorial, also known as the Astronaut Memorial, is a memorial on the grounds of the John F. Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex on Merritt Island, Florida. It is maintained by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation, whose offices are located in the NASA Center for Space Education next door to the Visitor Complex.
Located at 28.53 -80.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Orbiter Processing Facility
An Orbiter Processing Facility (OPF) was one of three hangars where U.S. space shuttle orbiters underwent maintenance between flights. All three such facilities, OPF-1, OPF-2 and OPF-3, were located at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at Launch Complex 39. They were located west of the Vehicle Assembly Building, where the orbiter was mated with its External Tank and Solid Rocket Boosters before transport to the launch pad.
Located at 28.59 -80.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Crawler-transporter
The crawler-transporters are a pair of tracked vehicles used to transport spacecraft from NASA's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) along the Crawlerway to Launch Complex 39. They were originally used to transport the Saturn IB and Saturn V rockets during the Apollo, Skylab and Apollo–Soyuz programs. They were then used to transport Space Shuttles from 1981 to 2011.
Located at 28.59 -80.66 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center
The Space Coast Next Generation Solar Energy Center is a 10-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) facility at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Commissioned in April 2010, the center is the result of a partnership between NASA and Florida Power & Light. The facility has approximately 35,000 solar photovoltaic panels from SunPower covering an area of 60 acres. The facily provides slightly less than one percent of the power needed to keep Kennedy Space Center up and running.
Located at 28.49 -80.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It features exhibits and displays, historic spacecraft and memorabilia, shows, two IMAX theaters, a range of bus tours of the spaceport, and the Shuttle Launch Experience, a simulated ride into space. It also encompasses the separate Apollo/Saturn V Center and United States Astronaut Hall of Fame. There were 1.5 million visitors in 2009 and it had some 700 employees.
Located at 28.61 -80.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
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