Not to be confused with the John F. Kennedy Center
for the Performing Arts.
The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
is the NASA space vehicle launch facility
and Launch Control Center (spaceport)
on Merritt Island, Brevard County, Florida, United States.  The site is near Cape Canaveral, midway between Miami and Jacksonville,
Florida. It is 34 miles (55 km) long and around 6 miles (10 km) wide,
covering 219 square miles (567 km2). A total of 13,500 people work at the site as of early 2008.
There is a visitor center and public tours;
KSC is a major tourist destination for visitors to Florida. Because much of KSC is a restricted area and only nine percent of the land is developed, the site also serves as an important wildlife sanctuary;
Mosquito Lagoon, Indian River,
Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and Canaveral National Seashore are also features of this area. The American Flag painted on the Vehicle Assembly Building
was the largest in the world at the time of the VAB's constriction,
and has stars that measure 6 feet in diameter.
The stripes would be wide enough to drive a bus down if it were laid out horizontally.
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