16 MARVELOUS FACTS ABOUT CAPE CARNAVAL!
FACTS ABOUT CAPE CARNAVAL 1. Where exactly is Cape Canaveral, anyway? It is in the county of West Brevard and is bisected by the Banana River. 2. It’s a space exploration city! CAPE CARNAVAL is most famous for being the home of NASA. 3. Testing of missiles and other important projects started life here in the 1950s. Cape Canaveral began working on special projects in the 1950s with the testing of missiles. 4. NASA started life here in the late 1950s. NASA was officially formed in 1958. Space exploration began from there when the first spaceful from Cape Canaveral departed in 1961 on May 5th. 5. The first craft to leave Cape Canaveral was named after the first planet closest to the Sun. The name of the first manned space mission leaving Cape Canaveral was called ‘Mercury’. It was manned by Alan B. Shepherd. 6. That’s one small step for man… The first lunar landing from Cape Canaveral was, of course, in 1969 – on July ...