Launch Complex 26

At Launch Complex 26, one of the original buildings began as a pressurized gas storage facility and served that role from 1957 through 1963 while the complex supported numerous launches, including America’s first successful satellite, Explorer I, and some of the earliest Bioflight missions. After the complex was deactivated in 1963, the pressurized gas tanks were removed, ownership passed to the U.S. Air Force, and the building was used as an open-front parking revetment with three bays and later to display aerospace vehicles. In 1968, the front was enclosed and the structure was renovated into its present configuration as an Exhibit Hall, which opened to the public in 1970. In 1984, the Exhibit Hall and the rest of Launch Complex 26 were designated a National Historic Landmark. Its three galleries continue to present the history of Cape Canaveral and the Eastern Test Range, and since its opening in 1965, millions of visitors from around the world have come to learn about America’s space and missile programs.

Florida · United States