#space launch complex 17

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Video: Falling Heritage, SLC-17 demolished to pave way for the future

Video: Falling Heritage, SLC-17 demolished to pave way for the future

Towers and support facilities that supported the flights of some 325 rocket launches were demolished on Thursday July 12, 2018. Photo Credit: Mike Howard / SpaceFlight Insider

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The two towers at Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 17 were demolished via controlled explosions at 7 a.m. EDT (11:00 GMT) on Thursday July 12, 2018. When the towers fell, 61 years of launch history…

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Video: Falling Heritage, SLC-17 demolished to pave way for the future

Video: Falling Heritage, SLC-17 demolished to pave way for the future

Towers and support facilities that supported the flights of some 325 rocket launches were demolished on Thursday July 12, 2018. Photo Credit: Mike Howard / SpaceFlight Insider

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The two towers at Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 17 were demolished via controlled explosions at 7 a.m. EDT (11:00 GMT) on Thursday July 12, 2018. When the towers fell, 61 years of launch history…

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Gallery: Canaveral's SLC-17 demolished

Gallery: Canaveral’s SLC-17 demolished

Towers and support facilities that supported the flights of some 325 rocket launches were demolished on Thursday July 12, 2018. Photo Credit: Mike Howard / SpaceFlight Insider

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — The launch structures at Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 17 (pads A and B) were demolished on Thursday, July 12 2018. (more…)

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Canaveral's Delta II launch site demolished, paving the way for Moon Express

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A piece of the Cape's launch history came to an end with the demolition of Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 17. The site where NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers began their epic voyage to the Red Planet have been reduced to rubble.