Cape Canaveral .281960.E2.80.931965.29 Christopher C. Kraft Jr. Mission Control Center
mercury control @ cape canaveral during simulation of mercury-atlas 8 in 1962
all mercury–redstone, mercury-atlas, unmanned gemini 1 , gemini 2, , manned gemini 3 missions controlled mission control center (called mercury control center through 1963) @ cape canaveral missile test annex, florida. facility in engineering support building @ east end of mission control road, 0.5 mile (0.8 km) east of phillips parkway. mercury , gemini launches conducted separate blockhouses @ cape.
the building, on national register of historic places, demolished in may 2010 due concerns asbestos , estimated $5 million cost of repairs after 40 years of exposure salt air. formerly stop on kennedy space center visitor complex tours, in late 1990s, control room consoles removed, refurbished, , relocated re-creation of room in debus center @ ksc visitor complex.
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