Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-17

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00:02:37 1 History
00:02:47 1.1 Early history
00:04:41 1.2 Apollo and Skylab
00:05:45 1.2.1 Initial design
00:07:44 1.2.2 Integration of space vehicle stack
00:09:34 1.2.3 Transportation to the pad
00:10:25 1.2.4 Mobile Service Structure
00:11:21 1.2.5 Flame deflector
00:12:19 1.2.6 Launch control and fueling
00:13:54 1.2.7 Emergency evacuation system
00:14:42 1.2.8 Pad Terminal Connection Room
00:15:20 1.2.9 Apollo and Skylab launches
00:16:50 1.3 Space Shuttle
00:18:50 1.3.1 Launch towers
00:19:56 1.3.2 Sound suppression water system
00:20:52 1.3.3 Swing arm modifications
00:22:39 1.3.4 Emergency pad evacuation
00:24:03 1.3.5 Space Shuttle launches
00:25:25 1.4 Constellation Program and Pad 39B
00:26:26 1.5 2011–2013
00:27:09 1.5.1 Pad 39A
00:30:50 2 Launch history
00:31:00 2.1 Pad 39A launches
00:31:11 2.2 Pad 39B launches
00:31:22 3 Current status
00:31:32 3.1 Launch Pad 39A
00:32:36 3.1.1 Construction and first launch
00:35:32 3.1.2 SpaceX launch history
00:37:16 3.1.3 Notable future flights
00:38:08 3.1.4 Capabilities
00:41:03 3.2 Launch Pad 39B
00:43:18 3.3 Launch Pad 39C
00:43:41 3.3.1 Construction
00:46:23 3.3.2 Capabilities
00:48:28 3.4 Future development
00:51:39 4 Gallery
00:51:49 5 See also



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Launch Complex 39 (LC-39) is a rocket launch site at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The site and its collection of facilities were originally built for the Apollo program and later modified for the Space Shuttle program. 
Launch Complex 39 is composed of three launch pads—39A, 39B and 39C, a Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), a Crawlerway used by crawler-transporters to carry Mobile Launcher Platforms between the VAB and the pads, Orbiter Processing Facility buildings, a Launch Control Center which contains the firing rooms, a news facility famous for the iconic countdown clock seen in television coverage and photos, and various logistical and operational support buildings.As of 2017, only Launch Pad 39A is active and has been used to launch SpaceX's Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy. Pad 39B is being modified to launch NASA's Space Launch System. A new, smaller pad, 39C was added in 2015 to support smaller launches but has not yet been used.
SpaceX leases Launch Pad 39A from NASA and has modified the pad to support Falcon Heavy launches in 2017 and beyond.NASA began modifying Launch Pad 39B in 2007 to accommodate the now defunct Project Constellation, and is currently preparing it for the Space Launch System with the first launch scheduled for December 2019. Pad C was originally planned for Apollo but never built, and would have been a copy of pads 39A and 39B. A smaller pad designated 39C was constructed from January to June 2015 to accommodate small-class vehicles.NASA launches from LC-39A and 39B have been supervised from the NASA Launch Control Center (LCC), located 3 miles (4.8 km) from the launch pads. LC-39 is one of several launch sites that share radar and tracking services of the Eastern Test Range.