A Saturn I at Pad 34, ready for mission SA-3

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 (LC-34) is a launch site at Merritt Island, Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was used by NASA as part of the Apollo Program, to launch Saturn I and IB rockets. The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... SA-3 was the third flight Saturn I launch vehicle, the second flight of Project High Water and was part of the Apollo Program. ... The Bumper V-2 was the first missile launched at Cape Canaveral on July 24, 1950. ... Merritt Island is: An island (strictly, part of a peninsula) in Brevard County, Florida, on Floridas Atlantic coast a town located on the island Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, also located on the island The island Merritt Island is not strictly an island at all, but part of a... Cape Canaveral from space, August 1991 Cape Canaveral (Cabo Cañaveral in Spanish) is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that states Atlantic coast. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,794 sq mi (170,451 km²)  - Width 162 miles (260 km)  - Length 497 miles (800 km)  - % water 17. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For other meanings, see Apollo (disambiguation). ... The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which was the first manned launch vehicle that was not directly derived from an ICBM (though its tanks were derived from the Jupiter and Redstone tanks, and its first stage engines were Navaho derived). ... A Redstone rocket, part of the Mercury program The traditional definition of a rocket is a vehicle, missile or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust gas from within a rocket engine. ...

Notably, it was the site of the Apollo 204 (Apollo 1) fire, which claimed the lives of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, on January 27, 1967. Apollo One is the official name given retroactively to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft, destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral) atop a Saturn IB rocket. ... U.S. Space Shuttle astronaut Bruce McCandless II using a manned maneuvering unit (MMU) outside the Challenger in 1984. ... Gus Grissom Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom (April 3, 1926 – January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Air Force pilot who became one of the first American astronauts and one of the first to die in the U.S. space program. ... Edward Higgins White, II (Lt. ... Roger Chaffee Roger Bruce Chaffee (February 15, 1935 - January 27, 1967) was a U.S. Navy pilot who became an American astronaut in the Apollo program. ... January 27 is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

The pad saw its first launch on October 27, 1961. This was the SA-1 mission - also the first use of the Saturn I. It was closed in 1968, with its last launch being Apollo 7, the first manned flight of the Apollo Program. October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... SA-1 was the first flight of a Saturn I launch vehicle and was part of the Apollo Program. ... The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. ...

Originally, NASA planned to re-activate LC-34, along with LC-37 for the Apollo Applications Program, but this was cancelled. It was also concidered for manned missions to Skylab, but in the end, LC-39B was chosen for these flights. The Apollo Applications Program (AAP) was established by NASA headquarters in 1968 to develop science based manned space missions using surplus material from the Apollo Lunar Landing Program. ... Drawing of Skylab with components labelled Skylab was the first space station the United States launched into orbit. ... The aerial view of Launch Complex 39. ...

LC-34 today.

Apollo 1 Plaque at LC-34

Today, the launch platform is all that is left of the pad. A memorial plaque to the crew of Apollo 1, who died at the pad, is attatched to this. It bears the inscription: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1775 KB) Summary By Elizabeth Cheney, Dec 2005 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1775 KB) Summary By Elizabeth Cheney, Dec 2005 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1848 KB) Summary Photo by Elizabeth Cheney, December 2005 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1848 KB) Summary Photo by Elizabeth Cheney, December 2005 Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Apollo One is the official name given retroactively to the Apollo/Saturn 204 (AS-204) spacecraft, destroyed by fire during a training exercise on January 27, 1967, at Pad 34 (Launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral) atop a Saturn IB rocket. ...

LAUNCH COMPLEX 34
Friday, 27 January 1967
1831 Hours

Dedicated to the living memory of the crew of the Apollo 1:

U.S.A.F. Lt. Colonel Virgil I. Grissom
U.S.A.F. Lt. Colonel Edward H. White, II
U.S.N. Lt. Commander Roger B. Chaffee

They gave their lives in service to their country in the ongoing exploration of humankind's final frontier. Remember them not for how they died but for those ideals for which they lived.

Another plaque states:

IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE SO OTHERS COULD REACH FOR THE STARS

AD ASTRA PER ASPERA
(A ROUGH ROAD LEADS TO THE STARS)

GOD SPEED TO THE CREW OF APOLLO 1

It is currently the subject of discussion as a possible launch site for the Ares I launch vehicle for Project Constellation. Conceptual drawing of the Earth Departure Stage, docked to the Crew Exploration Vehicle, firing its engine to leave Earths orbit. ...

Launch History

This is a complete list of all launches made from LC-34.

Rockets (including missiles) can be launched from the following: for a launch into an orbital spaceflight and beyond: a launch pad, including a floating platform (see San Marco platform, Sea Launch) for the launch into a suborbital flight also: a missile silo a mobile launcher vehicle a submarine air launch... October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... SA-1 was the first flight of a Saturn I launch vehicle and was part of the Apollo Program. ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... SA-2 was the second flight Saturn I launch vehicle, the first flight of Project High Water and was part of the Apollo Program. ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... SA-3 was the third flight Saturn I launch vehicle, the second flight of Project High Water and was part of the Apollo Program. ... March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in leap years). ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... The Saturn I was Americas first large clustered rocket. ... SA-4 was the fourth flight of a Saturn I launch vehicle and the last of the initial test phase of the first stage. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which was the first manned launch vehicle that was not directly derived from an ICBM (though its tanks were derived from the Jupiter and Redstone tanks, and its first stage engines were Navaho derived). ... AS-201 (or SA-201) was the first flight of the Saturn IB launch vehicle. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... Apollo Spacecraft: Command Module, Service Module, Lunar Module. ... August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which was the first manned launch vehicle that was not directly derived from an ICBM (though its tanks were derived from the Jupiter and Redstone tanks, and its first stage engines were Navaho derived). ... AS-202 (or SA-202) was a sub-orbital test flight of the Saturn IB and Command and Service Module. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... For alternate meanings of GMT, see GMT (disambiguation). ... The Saturn IB was an uprated version of the Saturn I, which was the first manned launch vehicle that was not directly derived from an ICBM (though its tanks were derived from the Jupiter and Redstone tanks, and its first stage engines were Navaho derived). ... Apollo 7 was the first manned mission in the Apollo program to be launched. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ... Description Role: Earth and Lunar Orbit Crew: 3; CDR, CM pilot, LM pilot Dimensions Height: 36. ...

See Also

• List of spaceflights by year
• Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
• Project Apollo
• Saturn I
• Saturn IB
• Merritt Island
• List of Merritt Island launch sites