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News Archive / Tagged: Space Launch Complex 17

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

    Jason RhianJuly 13th, 2018

    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 came to a close. The site will now be used by Moon Express to test its lunar lander.

  • Gallery: Canaveral’s SLC-17 demolished

    Jason RhianJuly 12th, 2018

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.  — The launch structures at Canaveral's Space Launch Complex 17 (pads A and B) were demolished on Thursday, July 12 2018. SpaceFlight Insider's Mike Howard captured this historic event in photos.

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

    Jason RhianJuly 12th, 2018

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- A piece of the Cape's launch history came to an end on Thursday, July 12, 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 - paving the way for use by Moon Express.