Launch of the ascent stage of the Apollo 16 lunar module from the lunar surface.

This is part of the Force Application and Launch from Continental United States ( FALCON ) effort.

Launch of Deep Space 1 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17-A on the Delta II | Delta II 7326-9. 5 Star 37FM

* 1967 – Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canaveral's Launch Complex 13 on its mission to identify possible landing sites for the Surveyor and Apollo spacecraft.

During the launch phase of the mission, the Mercury spacecraft and astronaut were protected from launch vehicle failures by the Launch Escape System.

After launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12 the protective shroud covering Mariner 4 was jettisoned and the Agena D / Mariner 4 combination separated from the Atlas D booster at 14: 27: 23 UTC on November 28, 1964.

* 2007 – Chang ' e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

The manned missions to Skylab would occur from Launch Pad 39B.

* 06: 07 UT Launch occurs from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Site No. 1.

* Launch of the TNIV New Testament from BBC News

; Launch vehicle: The launch vehicle propels the spacecraft from the Earth's surface, through the atmosphere, and into an orbit, the exact orbit being dependent upon mission configuration.

* The Crawler-Transporter carried the Mobile Launcher Platform and the space shuttle from the Vehicle Assembly Building ( VAB ) at Launch Complex 39 to Pad A.

Mariner 2 was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12 at 06: 53: 14 UTC on August 27, 1962 by a two-stage Atlas-Agena rocket.

Mariner 6 was launched from Launch Complex 36B at Cape Kennedy and Mariner 7 from Launch Complex 36A at Cape Kennedy.

Mariner 3 was launched on November 5, 1964 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 13,

It was launched toward Venus on June 14, 1967 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 12 and flew by the planet on October 19 that year at an altitude of.

* Crawler-transporter, a tracked vehicle used to transport the Space Shuttle from Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Complex 39

A Delta II ELV launching the Dawn ( spacecraft ) | Dawn spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 | CCAFS SLC-17

Since the bankruptcy, only seven additional satellites have been launched but an updated constellation of 66 satellites called Iridium NEXT is currently being developed and is planned for launch in 2015-2017 on SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Vehicles from Vandenberg AFB Space Launch Complex 3 in California.

Under Webb's reorganization, the directors of the Manned Spacecraft Center ( Gilruth ), Marshall Space Flight Center ( von Braun ), and the Launch Operations Center ( Debus ) effectively reported to Mueller.

* 2011 – Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery ( OV-103 ).

* 2005 – Space Shuttle program: STS-114 Mission – Launch of Discovery, NASA's first scheduled flight mission after the Columbia Disaster in 2003.

In 1998, North Korea tested a Taepondong-1 Space Launch Vehicle, which successfully launched but failed to reach orbit.

* 1998 – Launch of Deep Space 1 comet / asteroid mission

* 1957 – Space Race: Launch of Sputnik I, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

By June 1979, it was again mated with an external tank and solid rocket boosters ( known as a boilerplate configuration ) and tested in a launch configuration at Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A for a series of fit checks of the facilities there.

This final flight, authorized in October 2010, brought additional supplies to the International Space Station and take advantage of the processing performed for the Launch on Need mission, which would only have been flown in the event that Endeavour's STS-134 crew required rescue.

Immediately following Skylab's launch, Pad A at Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 was deactivated, and construction proceeded to modify it for the Space Shuttle program, originally targeting a maiden launch in June 1979.

The standard also includes additional common elements unique to Space Systems, Launch Vehicle Systems and Automated Information Systems.

For missions beyond low Earth orbit NASA is building the Space Launch System and the Orion spacecraft.

The planned Ares V rocket has been replaced with the smaller Space Launch System ( SLS ), which is planned to launch both Orion and other necessary hardware.

* Consolidated Launch Manifest: Space Shuttle Flights and ISS Assembly Sequence

The Shuttle Final Countdown Phase Simulation takes place at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center Firing Rooms.

On October 30, 1984, United States President Ronald Reagan signed into law the Commercial Space Launch Act.

* NASA is expected to conduct the maiden flight of its Space Launch System, the replacement for the Space Shuttle program, which was ended in 2011.

The LOC included Launch Complex 39, a Launch Control Center, and a 130 million cubic foot ( 3. 7 million cubic meter ) Vehicle Assembly Building in which the space vehicle ( launch vehicle and spacecraft ) would be assembled on a Mobile Launcher Platform and then moved by a transporter to one of several launch pads.

* Launch Complex 39

* Launch Complex 39 – Pad A

* Launch Complex 39 – Pad B

One of two Apollo 1 memorial plaques at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34

One of two Apollo 1 memorial plaques at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34.

One of two Apollo 1 memorial plaques at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34.