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America's 250th Anniversary
Celebrate America’s 250th on the Space Coast
Florida’s Space Coast launched itself into the history of the United States at the dawn of the Space Race. It’s from our sprawling shores that Americans discovered how far humans could go and tested the limits of technology. To celebrate the founding of this great country, and our chapter in the American history books, we’ve got a ton of incredible events, experiences, and adventures awaiting your arrival! From air shows with the Blue Angels to the much-anticipated launch of NASA’s Artemis II, there’s so much to look forward to this Semiquincentennial.
Make your way to the Space Coast to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and discover a destination that embodies the American Spirit and inspires every generation to look beyond the stars.
Earn Your Mission Patch!
We’ve launched an exciting interactive trail designed to illuminate the Space Coast’s place in American History. Earn your exclusive America250 patch by exploring the incredible museums, memorials, and historic spaces on the Space Coast. Getting started is as easy as 1. 2. 3.
How this Pass Works
Step 1 – Get Your Pass: This mobile-exclusive passport is a collection of curated attractions, restaurants, places and more, offering great insights to the Space Coast’s rocket-fueled history!
Step 2 – Receive Text: Your passport will be instantly delivered to your phone via text and email and is ready to use immediately! There is no app to download. Your pass can be saved to your phone’s home screen for easy one-tap access.
Step 3 – Redeem: When visiting a participating business, simply check into the location. Once you’ve checked in at five of these incredible places, head to our Visitor Information Center at 267 W Cocoa Beach Causeway, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931 to claim your mission patch! Patches are only available while supplies last, so start exploring today!
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History in the Making
Since the first rocket launched from the Space Coast in 1958, Cape Canaveral has become America’s Gateway to the Stars. Now, rockets launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on a weekly basis. Which means that next time you’re here, you could be witnessing history. Catch mission-critical information with our Space Coast Launches app so that you don’t miss a single one.
This free app provides T-minus 2-hour and 5-minute launch notifications so you can get to your preferred viewing location, an updated launch schedule, as well as a map of our favorite places to watch a launch. Download it today!
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We Choose to Go to the Moon… Again
John F. Kennedy’s famous words still ring here on the Space Coast, and this year we couldn’t be any more excited to launch into the next chapter of lunar exploration. The Artemis missions pick up where the Apollo missions left off and once again give Americans a chance to witness history in the making. Dive into the newest focus of American ingenuity and be here when we launch a brave group of astronauts back to the moon.
NASA’s Artemis Program
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
No trip to the Space Coast is complete without a visit to our biggest attraction, the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. Here you’ll learn the past, present, and future of space travel, and get closer to these history-making machines than ever before. Watch a SpaceX, ULA or NASA launch from the Gantry at LC-39, explore the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programs that solidified our space in American History, and discover what’s in store with Artemis.
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex
History of the Space Coast
Dive into the Space Coast’s unique history at any of our incredible museums.
Discover dinosaurs and prehistoric sloths. Drop in on the origins of Space Coast surfing. Peer into the lives of civil rights activists, native americans, and the settlers that shaped this side of Florida. There’s so much to see and learn when you explore the Museums of Brevard.
Museums of Brevard