And that's kind of grown and shrunk over the years," Cranis said." Of course, after the shuttle program left, you know, there were some lean years. And Apollo came along and just converted it into this amazing tourism destination. "A lot of people that live here have some connection to the program."īrevard County has been defined by the space program, starting with Apollo and then again at the end of the space shuttle program.
We all have family members, or we know people that work somewhere, you know, for some contractor somewhere," Cranis said. "Everybody is just one or two steps removed from the space program. Between Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Base, the sites are on track to exceed more than 50 launches this year. After the shuttle program ended in 2011, it took years to get back to the launch cadence happening now.
With 8.8 million pounds of thrust, the rumble of NASA’s moon rocket will be felt and heard across the region. NASA IS LESS THAN A MONTH FROM LAUNCHING ITS 'MONSTER' MOON ROCKET 5, tourism officials say that number could increase to more than 200,000 visitors. If the Artemis 1 launch shifts to Labor Day on Monday, Sept.
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