A model of the shuttle in launch position.

The shuttle is taken out to the launch site on the crawler, and takes eight hours to travel from its hangar to the launch pad. The shuttle is taken to the launch pad 30 days before the scheduled launch.

Kennedy Space Center

February 28th 2009
(Titusville, Florida) We left Miami on Wednesday, and plan to arrive in Keystone Heights on Saturday. We spent the interim at Titusville, just across the river from Kennedy Space Center, in Titusville. We were on our way to Kennedy Space Center, with a quick stop at Merritt Island, which is a wildlife preserve just off the KSC property. We didn’t think we’d want to spend much time ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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