AirSupport Tours Launch Complex 39A
November 25th, 2008 adminCareful planning and consideration of shuttle launch operations is required to coordinate an airshow at the home of America’s space program. For the past two years, we have conducted the show within days of a space shuttle launch or landing. Early this Fall, during a site visit at the Kennedy Space Center, AirSupport had the rare opportunity to tour Launch Complex 39A. The pad was originally built for the Apollo program then later modified to support the Space Shuttle Program. On the day we were on site, Atlantis stood on the pad awaiting the next launch. Special thanks to NASA External Relations for taking the time to give us this up close and personal look at 39A. The experience added perspective to our task of planning show air operations around a potential launch. 
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