Cape Canaveral

American  

noun

1. Canaveral, Cape.

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Cape Canaveral Cultural  

1. Formerly Cape Kennedy. Located on the east coast of Florida, it is the site of the John F. Kennedy Space Center, from which many American space vehicles have been launched.

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Cape Canaveral

It will then move through its last launch readiness activities before being transported to Cape Canaveral.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

In May, a New Glenn rocket exploded on the company’s sole launchpad, which is located in the Cape Canaveral, Fla., area.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

It had a recent setback after an uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a ground test at Cape Canaveral in Florida in May.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026

Hours earlier, a rocket being tested by Jeff Bezos’s space company dramatically exploded on a launchpad at Cape Canaveral, Fla., lighting up the skies for miles around Florida’s Space Coast late Thursday.

From MarketWatch ● May 29, 2026

“Every time they launch something down at Cape Canaveral, it’s like...I just want to help out somehow. But I can’t. If I build my own rockets—” I stopped, not certain I was making sense.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

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