We Are “Go” For Launch

Built in 1969 during the Apollo program, this countdown clock from Kennedy Space Center’s Press Site became one of the most-viewed timekeepers in the world, second only to London’s Big Ben Clock. It counted down launches for the Apollo, Skylab, and all Space Shuttle missions, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2000, and was retired in 2014. In its new home at Kennedy Space Visitor Complex, it counts down the daily opening, the John F. Kennedy fountain show, and all Florida launches. Not including its base, the clock is 6 feet high, 26 feet long, and 3 feet deep, with lighted numbers 4 feet high and 2 feet long, using a total of 349 40-watt bulbs.

Florida · United States