The launch pad is historic, and saw some of NASA's most iconic missions, including Apollo 11, which landed the first astronauts on the moon in 1969. NASA's space shuttle program also used the pad ...

Saturday’s planned launch of the SpaceX Dragon capsule, with two NASA astronauts onboard, will be from the same pad that saw Apollo 11 depart for the moon in 1969 and 82 shuttle crews head off ...

Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff. The LCC is located 3.5 miles from the launch pad.