We opted to take the "Cape Tour", also known as the historic tour, where you are taken out to all the old launch sites. This is the tour guide - yes, we were in the front row.
A view of the ships that retrieve the solid rocket boosters after they detach and fall in the ocean after a shuttle launch.
Quick shots of several hangers. Hanger S is important...
Many of the early launches were covered by reporters such as Walter Cronkite from a press platform near a NASA building. Note the old logo. This is the current view from that platform - these pads had rockets ready to launch including an Atlas and a Titan. The white object in the foreground is a mobile camera (covered) which tracks the launch as it happens. Note how the foliage is cut back to provide a view.
One of the many blockhouses near a launch pad - protection in case the launch doesn't go as planned.
A rocket on a launch pad.
The cape lighthouse, moved inland.
That second floor window on the right was Werner VonBraun's office.
A closeup of the Atlas rocket on a pad ready for launch.
Launch Complex 13, the location of many secret launches - NASA couldn't acknowledge its existence for years, even though they'd routinely report activity at complex 12 and 14. The old pads are like this in general - barely maintained. Note the door on the small building that is off its hinges - probably hurricane damage.
