Launch Complex 37 Ends one mission, and starts a new beginning Image Credit: Michael Seeley - We Report Space
Image Credit: Michael Seeley - We Report SpaceCape Canaveral S.F.S. FL- Early on the morning of June 12, 2025, the mobile service tower and two lightning towers were demolished at Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida.
Image Credit: Jared Haworth - We Report Space
Image Credit: Michael Howard - We Report SpaceThis event truly marks the end of an historic era in space flight. This is launch site that was originally built in the 1960's for the Apollo program and used to launch Saturn 1B rockets. LC-37 was transferred to United Launch Alliance and modified to handle their Delta series of rockets, including the Delta 4 Heavy, and used for launching many military and space science payloads over the years including Parker Solar Probe.
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The site is being transferred to SpaceX for launching and retrieving their Starship series of rockets into the future, so it may well be the site of the first manned flight to Mars in years to come.
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Story by: Hap Griffin contributor for We Report Space
Images by: Michael Seeley, Michael Howard, Jared Haworth and Graham Smith for We Report Space
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