Seventy-five years ago today (26 Aug 1950), an official dedication ceremony renamed the Long Range Proving Ground Base to Patrick Air Force Base! The base was named in honor of Maj Gen Mason M. Patrick, the first Chief of the U.S. Army Air Service. Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

In honor of the naming of Patrick Air Force Base 75 years ago today, visitors can enjoy a special exhibit at the Sands Space History Center. It’s open six days a week and is FREE ADMISSION! Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

☎️ #TelephoneTuesday flashback: At Cape Canaveral, rockets once launched on phone calls—literally. Engineers dialed “Go for launch” on corded handsets & switchboards. Check out these blasts from the past from our slide collection. Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

Rupert's a month in orbit on the ISS and has traveled nearly 14 million miles! DYK: The ISS contains about 8 miles of electrical wiring to connect its power system. That's enough total length to connect a hairdryer in Newark, NJ, to a power plug in NYC? Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

More on Hangar C here - ccspacemuseum.org/artifacts/hang…. Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

75 yrs of Cape Canaveral launches prove it: positive thinking fuels liftoffs! From Bumper 8 to today’s Moon & Mars missions, optimism turns dreams into missions & challenges into milestones. 🚀✨ #PositiveThinkingDay Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

🚀🖍️ Happy National Coloring Day! Celebrate at the Sands Space History Center with our new activity station—fun for kids & kids at heart! 💫 ✨ Rupert the Space Armadillo coloring pages, mazes & word searches await! 🎨 Info: ccspacemuseum.org/artifacts/hist… Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

Rupert the Space Armadillo is here to remind you that every mission from Florida's Space Coast starts with a curious mind... and a determined armadillo! Here's the fifth Rupert Report from the International Space Station. Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

We discovered these in an abandoned facility on Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. Not only a rare glimpse of early Cape workers but also their names! Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

78 years of airpower — fueled by Airmen who #FlyFightWin! Salute the past and celebrate the future us. #AirForceBirthday

✨ Fresh look at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum at LC-26! ✅ New parking lot striping ✅ Freshly painted bumpers & bollards ✅ Added handicapped parking for better access Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

The AN/TVS-3 searchlight shines a Cold War story—from missile-era infrastructure to Vietnam combat support—before night-vision changed the game. More here on our searchlight here - ccspacemuseum.org/artifacts/sear… Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

In less than 25 hours, Space Launch Delta 45 supported three launches from three pads by two different providers. Sept. 24, 7:30 AM EDT -- Falcon 9 IMAP Sept. 25, 4:39 AM EDT -- Falcon 9 Starlink 10-15 Sept. 25, 8:09 AM EDT -- Atlas V KA-03 United States Space Force Space Systems Command U.S. Air Force

In Aug 1965, a group of Catholic nuns in sunglasses toured the then-Air Force Space Museum—amid active Cold War-era missile test pads and space launch complexes. What do you think were their thoughts? facebook.com/share/p/17S8s8… Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

New at the Sands Space History Center: a 3D-printed 1:7 scale model of Bumper 8—the 1st Cape Canaveral launch! 75 years & 8,000+ launches later, the Cape remains the World’s Premier Gateway to Space. Come see where it all began! Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

The latest update on Rupert the Space Armadillo's adventures in orbit and info on how oxygen is generated on the ISS - facebook.com/share/p/1BrEpG… Cape Canaveral Space Force Museum

On #TDIH in 1963, the original Mercury 7 astronauts received the 1962 Collier Trophy for "pioneering manned space flight in the United States." It was the first time the Collier Trophy was awarded to an American space mission.

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