page_title: Air Force Space and Missile Museum
section_title: Sands Space History Center
hierarchical_section_title: Air Force Space and Missile Museum / Sands Space History Center
caption_attribution_description: English: Sands Space History Center, outside gate 1 (the south gate) at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. Open to the public six days a week and free of charge.
context_page_description: The Air Force Space and Missile Museum is located at Launch Complex 26 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. It includes artifacts from the early American space program and includes an outdoor area displaying rockets, missiles, and space-related equipment chronicling the space and missile history of the US Air Force and other military branches.
  The museum is accessible to the public as a part of the "Cape Canaveral Early Space Tour" offered by the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex four days per week. Free tours were also offered by the Air Force 45th Space Wing Community Relations office until June 2013.
  The Sands Space History Center, a companion to the museum, is open to the general public six days a week. The History Center is located just outside the south gate of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
context_section_description: The Sands Space History Center (formerly known as the United States Air Force Space and Missile History Center) is an extension of the Air Force Space and Missile Museum outside the gate 1 of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station which opened to the public August 14, 2010.  It is located in a 3,200-square-foot (300 m²) facility and highlights the progress and history of the space program.  The museum features displays which chronicle the story of each of the launch pads from its establishment in 1949 as the Joint Long Range Proving Ground.  Exhibits contain artifacts dating back to the 1950s and include parts to launch vehicles and control systems.
  Unlike the Air Force Space and Missile Museum, its sister museum which is located inside gates of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, the center does not require special arrangements or a fee-based tour to visit.  Admission is free and it is open to the public six days per week.  As of 2017, it is open 9AM-2PM Tuesday through Friday, 9AM-5PM Saturday, and noon-4PM Sunday.
caption: Sands Space History Center
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