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Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA - August 1991

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(Description from linked page: STS043-084-031 Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.A. August 1991 Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center are shown is this near-vertical photograph. Numerous launch pads line the Atlantic Ocean coast near the centre of the photograph. To the north of the multiple launch pads, the Space Shuttle landing runway, the Shuttle Assembly Area, and Shuttle Launch Pads A and B are visible. To the south of the multiple launch pads are Port Canaveral and the city of Cocoa Beach, Florida. To the west of the space complex, five causeways span the Indian and Banana Rivers. Interstate Highway 95 is the main artery traversing south to north just west of the Florida cities of Cocoa and Titusville.)

See also: Image:Merritt Island.jpg for a map of the same area


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